Naomi Jilo Waqo

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• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: I suggest that besides the cancer centres, skilled personnel, good and experience professionals, we also need counsellors to counsel the cancer patients, caregivers and family members. The news itself is tough and affects people for many years. For example, many people may even develop high blood pressure or become diabetic because of imagining the suffering ahead. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: The most important part of this is the financial support that the Motion is proposing. As we all know, to seek medical attention for a cancer patient is not easy in our country. I think one chemotherapy session costs about Kshs50,000. How many people can afford that, knowing that they require to go for two or three sessions per week? That is already Ksh50,000 to Ksh150,000. How many Kenyans can afford it, especially those that have no jobs or business to support them? Financial support to cancer patients can help and give hope to the people who are suffering. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: We need capacity building and training of the caregivers. Most of the time, cancer patients may not even be able to sustain themselves in hospitals. They may be at home and they need a lot of care. Without any knowledge of how one can take care of the patient, one may even end up being depressed and die before the patient. I suggest that capacity building, training for caregivers and counselling be given. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we have Kenyans who are gifted and talented who can do research. Let us not just say that the medicine is not there and cannot be found. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: Let us continue researching and see how we can even reduce cancer by coming up with our own ways of supporting and managing if we cannot cure. Treatment and management of cancer patients is paramount. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: I remember at one time Sen. Mugo talking about cancer, its effects and how one can change his or her lifestyle and improve his or her health. She said that our lifestyle must change. We must know what to eat. I remember she said we should especially avoid red meat. For some of us who come from pastoral background, eating meat is part of our life, and we enjoy it. That is why many of our people suffer from this disease. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: We should encourage our people to invest in growing traditional food that can improve their health rather than just enjoying the red meat; eating goat’s meat and the beef that we have always enjoyed or drinking milk and all these other things. If we avoid all this and change our lifestyle, then we may add some few days to our lives. Madam Temporary Speaker, the national Government and the county governments must set aside some funds to come up with a system that takes care of the cancer patients, so that from the time that they are diagnosed with the ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Senate Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations regarding the state of insecurity in Marsabit county. view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain measures being taken by the Government to address cases of attacks on civilians and disappearance of commuters along the Marsabit-Moyale Highway given that such cases have increased in the last two years. The recent case is that of two young men who were attacked in Turbi along the highway on 15th February, 2021 where one was rescued by police and the other abducted by attackers. (2) Give data on cases of attacks and disappearance of commuters along the Marsabit-Moyale Highway reported to local police and state how many of the reported cases ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to support this very important Petition regarding the promotion of teachers in Kajiado County. As many of my colleagues have already said, this is a matter that affects all the counties. We are aware that teachers are very important people in our society. We are the way we are because of the teachers who molded our lives when we were young. Most of the time, people experience unfair practices in promotions, recruitment and postings. Of course, we know that many people in the entire nation complain about these issues. Nonetheless, at this ... view