Milgo Alice Chepkorir

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: This Bill should have also included the people responsible for the pregnancy, so that it becomes a complete Bill. We know how to treat the expectant girl, but how will we treat the boys and the sugar daddies that are responsible for the pregnancies? This Bill, with amendments, will go a long way. My colleague, Sen. Kwamboka, is listening to what we are saying so that we see what happens to the people who impregnate the girls. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: While we have this policy, even as we give them a right to get pregnant, we realise that these girls who get pregnant do so even at the age of 12. At 12 years, these girls are still undergoing developmental stages, both physically and biologically. They are, therefore, very fragile. Being fragile, this Bill will help them to ensure that issues of health are taken care of. If we were to stress these girls by chasing them from home instead of counseling them, many of them will be subjected to stress. Some of them have ended up with the Fistula ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Most of the Fistula cases we are treating are of young girls especially those who have given birth at a tender age. Therefore, the public health sector should be able to look into this to ensure that these girls are cared for so that they deliver normally. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, part (d) of Section 2 talks about collaboration with the county government. Given the right cover for the child under Article 53 is important to involve the counties, because, these children are found in the counties. The county government can put in place mechanisms of identifying these girls right in the villages with the help of chiefs, assistant chiefs or even the nyumba kumi initiatives. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Once we have identified the girls, we are able to ensure that they go back to school or they are cared for until they deliver, then they are taken back to school. While we want punitive measures and being cared for, we want these girls to come to school again. That is one way of empowering them. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: In our country, every child has a right to education. Once you educate a woman, you have educated the whole nation. An educated woman is able to bring up better and healthy families. Hence, health families lead to healthy and wealthy nations. This empowered woman, through education, will take care of the husband, children and make good homes. They will even ensure that their children go to school. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: If you were to conduct a research in the entire country, you will find out that educated women are more likely to have educated children as well. Therefore, we are advocating that these girls go back to school, so that in future they may not only lead better lives, but also get gainful employment. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: On Part III, Clause 11 talks about issues of treating the pregnant child in the institutions; this is a very contentious issue. I have been in school, and I know very many girls who have lost their lives after issues of confidentiality were not taken care of. They commit suicide because of being checked in school. There was this method where the matron would come and press the girl’s stomachs and sometimes asking them to produce urine for testing. This discouraged very many of the girls. Some of the matrons once they found out the girls are pregnant; they do ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue of checking on girls whether they are pregnant or not poses a challenge to school administration. The checking should be done with caution and by the Ministry of Education. During our time, girls were always checked whether they were pregnant or not. This kept on going until many of them completed school. We were afraid of not going to school and staying at home because of pregnancy. Therefore, the checking should be allowed, but with a lot of caution. Right now, it is an offense to find out whether girls are expectant. The Ministry ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Part Four of this Bill talks about establishing care centres. This one has been a challenge. Article 26 says every child has a right to life. However, we should involve the parents of these young mothers and guardians because some of these centres might mistreat children and their mothers. I am in the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. We have been told of many of these centres mistreat children. We have heard of cases where children are sleeping on floors and not having sufficient food. Others are treated like adults. We should think of taking them back to their ... view