All parliamentary appearances
Entries 401 to 410 of 1046.
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like your discretion to address the students from Sony Primary School who have not heard my voice. Is it in order for me to request you to ‘see’ me?
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to welcome the pupils from Sony Primary School, which is my village school. The school used to perform much better when the Sony Sugar Company was doing well. However, it now has challenges.
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
The Sony Primary School is located near the border of Kenya and Tanzania. I, therefore, thank the teachers and pupils for travelling from far to this great city to see us debate in the Senate. The students are our hope and future. We debate serious issues here that affect the future of this nation. I am glad that you are here to watch us debate and learn that debating is good. We resolve our issues through debate and persuasion. I hope that the students will take the culture of debate and persuasion back to Sony. I thank you for choosing ...
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution to this very important Motion. From the outset, I thank Sen. Pareno for thinking about this. I also thank my colleagues---.
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, in the same vein and token, I welcome the learners from Kakamega County. We call it ingo or tokkodera from where I come from. I am the Senator representing Migori County and I am also happy to have you here. This is a good House. Parliament is a very goodplace. We resolve our disagreements through debate, persuasion and consensus. I hope when you get back to Kakamega all divergent views that you have will be resolved through debate, persuasion and consensus but not through any other means that maybe unlawful. I hope you take that home. Travel ...
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I appreciate Sen. Pareno for thinking about this Motion. It is a timely Motion that deserves our unreserved support.If you look at theinspiration that President Kennedy had on Americans when he was alive in the 1960s, he persuaded Americans to go the Moon. In one of his very good addresses in persuasion of Americans to go to the Moon, he said that they should go to the Moon not because it was nice up there but because it is difficult. What Sen. Pareno proposes for the Government to have tele-medicine and virtual health must be done. It ...
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
If you look at Article 21 of the Constitution, it talks about implementation of rights and fundamental freedoms. It states as follows: “(1) It is a fundamental duty of the State and every State organ to observe, respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights. 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.
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
(2) The State shall take legislative policies and other measures including the setting of standards to achieve the progressive realization of the rights guaranteed under Article 43.” Under Article 43, which is tilted Economic and Social Rights: “Every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health which includes the right to healthcare services including reproductive health care.” Madam Temporary Speaker, it is our duty to ensure that we give meaning to Article 21 as read together with Article 43, so that we as a State organ, urge and encourage the Executive to implement these rights so that ...
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1 Aug 2019 in Senate:
. In order for them to get services from the centre where the specialists and professionals are, we need to have tele-medicine and virtual health so that Kenyans are connected to service providers. This is not just idle talk; it is a duty that the Constitution has placed upon us to ensure that we legislate, put in place policies, and implement them for Kenyans to realise this kind of need.
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