Millicent Omanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if one has a child who has cerebral palsy, one will become a caregiver. They will not go anywhere or leave the child with anyone but have to be there for the child, 24 hours the whole week. There is a class at Muslim Primary School where I have been doing community service. It is in between Starehe and Kamukunji constituencies in Nairobi. Currently, there are a number of special units in public schools. Most of our public schools nowadays have one class dedicated to these kinds of children. The caregiving is left to the teachers ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: In that class I take care of, most parents come from informal settlements around such as Kiambiu, Majengo, Shauri Moyo and Kitui Village. These parents cannot afford to even buy wheelchairs for these children yet, they have a permanent disorder. As the child grows, they become heavy yet parents have to carry them to school and all that. It is a challenge. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: The parents learn in the process because they do not know how to handle stress, stigma and to handle the child the way it should. There is therefore, need to come up with the legal and policy framework to give these caregivers and parents counselling and quality training. There is also need for the Government to support and engage these parents on income generating activities. This includes making it possible for them to access the quarter set aside in law for vulnerable groups for supply of goods and services to Government entities. There is also need for these caregivers to ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wanted to inform the House that the court barred the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) from looking at own source revenue and limited that to the county assemblies. The Senate will only look at the money that is given to the counties by the national Government. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Part of this Motion is ridiculous or we are being treated to some kind of comedy. When I was growing up, there was a programme called “Reddykyulas” where the comedians used to imitate some personalities. I think this is the kind of thing we are being treated to in this Motion. The membership of this Committee other than two or three Members are from the Senate Committee on Health which, as a Member of this House and of the public feel like the Committee has disappointed us and has not been able to deliver ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: There is nothing Ad hoc about this committee. It is the same Health Committee. We have been getting Petitions and Statements--- view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would love it if you could give me your ear. I am requesting for your audience. We have been having Petitions and Statements in this House from the Committee on Health which go un-responded to. Three months ago, we had issues on Kirinyaga County and this was all over the media. There were so many issues about the hospitals and reports that they were closing. The Senator of Kirinyaga County brought a Petition to this House. The Senate Committee on Health was supposed to go and visit Kirinyaga County but up to date, three months ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am discussing the membership of the Committee - the sanitized ad hoc Committee on Health. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, up to date, we have never received any report regarding Kirinyaga County. The Senator was complaining because the Committee had no quorum. They had only two Members in Kirinyaga. If these are the same Members forming the ad- hoc committee, then we expect to have quorum issues. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: I am also raising the issue of regional balance. We do not have the vast coastal region representation. I have the privilege of sitting in the CPAIC Committee where we have been going to the counties and looking at these health facilities. We have issues in the coastal region. I can only see five Senators from one region the Western part of Kenya and we have two Senators from the same county. I do not know what happened to regional balance because I think it is very important for us to get a feel of every region when we are ... view