Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5711 to 5720 of 6328.

• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill by Hon. Dawood. He is just trying to tidy up what has been in practice. As you know, the current payout is pegged at about Kshs500,000 for any bank or institution that sinks or goes under. That means that as a regulation, it can be easily moved. It becomes a moving variable. He is trying to correct that anomaly and ensure that we do not have conniving institutions that go behind the regulations to make adjustments without following the due process. By putting it at Kshs1 million and in ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill by Hon. Dawood. He is just trying to tidy up what has been in practice. As you know, the current payout is pegged at about Kshs500,000 for any bank or institution that sinks or goes under. That means that as a regulation, it can be easily moved. It becomes a moving variable. He is trying to correct that anomaly and ensure that we do not have conniving institutions that go behind the regulations to make adjustments without following the due process. By putting it at Kshs1 million and in ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. The reason we have more confidence in it is the Mover of the Bill who is a medical practitioner. In terms of the need for the Bill, we are in agreement. I see this Bill was conceptualised and published in 2019. That was even before we were really hit by the Covid- 19 pandemic. The need for this control has been amplified in the last two years. many Members in this House will agree. For the last three months to six months, the number of burials that we ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. The reason we have more confidence in it is the Mover of the Bill who is a medical practitioner. In terms of the need for the Bill, we are in agreement. I see this Bill was conceptualised and published in 2019. That was even before we were really hit by the Covid- 19 pandemic. The need for this control has been amplified in the last two years. many Members in this House will agree. For the last three months to six months, the number of burials that we ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Chief, Hon. Owino, had alluded to some of the issues that would concern some of us. I think the issue of drugs and medicine needs to be separated from that of food. One, it is because the conflict of the two ministries will arise if this goes the way it is. We need the responsibility to be put where it is. The issue of agriculture is squarely under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives. It is not just about the food and the selling. It starts from the planting, the fertilisers that are used, the chemicals that are ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Chief, Hon. Owino, had alluded to some of the issues that would concern some of us. I think the issue of drugs and medicine needs to be separated from that of food. One, it is because the conflict of the two ministries will arise if this goes the way it is. We need the responsibility to be put where it is. The issue of agriculture is squarely under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives. It is not just about the food and the selling. It starts from the planting, the fertilisers that are used, the chemicals that are ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: the counter? How many are dying from those unprescribed and uncontrolled products? This issue has to be looked at holistically, in terms of getting healthcare close to the people. I have said it before and counties need to take note of this: we must separate the issue of primary healthcare and that of referral healthcare. Let us localise immunisation, family planning, malaria, and diarrhoea. All those things or ailments should be handled at the local level—in the dispensaries and the health centres. That would now ease or make it easy for referral hospitals to deal with more complicated matters that ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: the counter? How many are dying from those unprescribed and uncontrolled products? This issue has to be looked at holistically, in terms of getting healthcare close to the people. I have said it before and counties need to take note of this: we must separate the issue of primary healthcare and that of referral healthcare. Let us localise immunisation, family planning, malaria, and diarrhoea. All those things or ailments should be handled at the local level—in the dispensaries and the health centres. That would now ease or make it easy for referral hospitals to deal with more complicated matters that ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Government must be squarely responsible for the vaccination campaign. I say so because it would mean that the issue of some vaccines that are not up to standard will be eliminated. The Government must be squarely responsible so that we do not open this serious campaign for economic value or political value. If we go that route, we will lose it. I hope we will be able to take control of the issues of vaccination just the way we do with children. We should do it the way we deal with Polio vaccination, where shots are taken to children ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Government must be squarely responsible for the vaccination campaign. I say so because it would mean that the issue of some vaccines that are not up to standard will be eliminated. The Government must be squarely responsible so that we do not open this serious campaign for economic value or political value. If we go that route, we will lose it. I hope we will be able to take control of the issues of vaccination just the way we do with children. We should do it the way we deal with Polio vaccination, where shots are taken to children ... view