Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Sakaja and the rest of the House that the borrowing that we are condemning happened before some of our Members like the Wiper Democratic Movement Party entered into a cooperation agreement. That was the Eurobond and some external debt that was taken in 2014/2015 Financial Year. I am also happy to inform the House that the Amani National Congress (ANC) party and its party leader have never entered into any sort of cooperation, agreement or coalition with this debt borrowing Government. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I congratulate you for maintaining the Swahili Language in your sessions. I have read the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), and it has indicated that there was a 0.6 per cent economic growth in 2020, down from 5.4 per cent in 2019, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has also said that revenue dropped by 12.9 per cent, compared to a growth of 17.1 per cent in December, 2019. This is also explained by the COVID-19 pandemic which contributed to this miserable performance. Going through the statement, however, there is very little support in ... view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: that remains at the national level to be reduced to 65 per cent, by increasing the percentage to counties to 35 per cent. It was not to retain the 85 per cent at the national level and instead take conditional grants into equitable share. I found this to be mischievous. Those of us who said that we want more funds to the counties have sort of been played. It is important that we reduce the amount of money that remains at the national level, mainly because most of the key functions that take up a huge amount of money in ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve on the annual International Mother Language Day that is normally celebrated on 21st February every year. I support the recognition of what we usually call mother tongue, because it is important for the cognitive development of the child. That is why we have more smarter older people than the young people we have now and we call them millennials. This is simply because they missed out on their mother tongue. When we were growing up in lower primary school, mother tongue was compulsory. I remember ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: English Language because even the teachers are taught how to teach English as a second language. I call upon the Government through the Ministry of Education to look back at the use of mother tongue in our schools, especially at the lower primary. I support. view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by the Mediation Committee on the Early Childhood Education Bill, which was a Senate Bill. A law on ECDE is long overdue. For a long time, especially after we have devolved, ECDE teachers have been groping in the darkness without proper guidance. The Basic Education Act seems mostly to focus on the Primary schools; Grade One to Eight, but left out the pre-primary, nursery and baby class. For a long time, early childhood education was mainly left to churches such that even the teacher who was teaching these lower ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: I support. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1), to make a statement on an issue of general topical concern namely, the abuse of children under the care of foreign missionaries. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Mercy Chebet Ruto, for her brave and laudable actions, in ensuring justice for the children in the Dow Family Children‟s Home in Bomet County. Mr. Gregory Hayes Dow was finally convicted and sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for abusing underage girls while running the Dow Family Children‟s Home in Boito, ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1), to make a statement on an issue of general topical concern namely, the abuse of children under the care of foreign missionaries. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Mercy Chebet Ruto, for her brave and laudable actions, in ensuring justice for the children in the Dow Family Children‟s Home in Bomet County. Mr. Gregory Hayes Dow was finally convicted and sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for abusing underage girls while running the Dow Family Children‟s Home in Boito, ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: children to be lost in the cruel hands of these missionaries. It is our legal and moral responsibility, as a Government, to protect these children by all means. We should emulate Ms. Ruto‟s actions and, in doing so, there are key areas of concern that the Government should address. Mr. Speaker, Sir, firstly, proper background checks should be done on these missionaries in collaboration with their countries of origin, before allowing them to set up children‟s homes in Kenya. This will also allow us to hold these countries accountable for the actions of their citizens who are residing in Kenya. ... view