6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Which Committee of this House will be telling people why they have to be wearing masks and what standard of mask is supposed to be worn? Which Committee of this House is going to introduce a Bill on COVID-19 pandemic management?
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
We have been crucified by the media. We have been told that we are not responsive; we have been told that we hid ourselves and that we went into quarantine. I have listened to Statements that have been produced in this House by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health. The leader of Government business was the first person to raise an issue with those Statements.
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Today I listened to a Statement made here by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. Even those of us who are from the ruling party were raising questions about those Statements. Part of the problem of the COVID-19 pandemic is its multifaceted effects. As a House, do we actually have a Committee that has the capacity to effectively engage with the multifaceted effects of this pandemic? This ad hoc Committee is not competing with other Committees. This ad hoc Committee is complementing the work of other committees. Over the next 30 days, as other Committees deal ...
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
I am sorry, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move and I ask Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo to second.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a public health mergency of international concern; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
DEEPLY CONCERNED on the serious threat posed to the health and social- economic lives of Kenyans by the continued spread of the pandemic; APPRECIATING that both the national and county governments have put in place some targeted interventions to respond and manage the COVID-19 pandemic through, among others, enhanced medical and public health actions, mitigating socio-economic shocks arising from the impact of the pandemic, creation of a National Emergency Response Fund to foster the national response to the pandemic, and formation of a National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus, which is tasked with among other things, to coordinate Kenya’s preparedness, ...
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
(iii) that the Membership of the Committee be as follows- 1. Hon. M. D. Ngunjiri Wambugu, MP. 2. Hon. (Dr.) Amos Kimunya, MP. 3. Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu, MP. 4. Hon. Yusuf Hassan, MP. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to raise a much more fundamental issue. Members come here every Session and request for Statements. The Chairmen of various Committees commit to get those Statements for them and read to us. I would be very concerned if it became clear that the Statements given to this House are not based on facts. Normally, I assume what we are told is the reality on the ground. If it is proven The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ...
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
we get Statements that are not factual, then, as a House we need to censure anyone who has given us Statements not based on facts. This is because the Statements we get are what we act or make decisions on. Should any Statement we have received from any ministry be found not be factual, as a House, we need to make a decision and censure that. Otherwise, we will be working on information that is not factual and we will not do our work of oversight, legislation and representation.
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