Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 421 to 430 of 773.

• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: homes assuming those are the places where the stolen money has been kept. It also provides an explanation that the material relevant to concluding the lifestyle audit is likely to be found in those premises as I had indicated. Madam Temporary Speaker, having gone through this Bill, I remembered a relative of mine from my county of birth which is Busia which is a border county. This relative of mine was a simple clerk in the Deputy County Commissioner’s (DCC’s) office. He was able to change cars very frequently and even married two wives in a very short span of ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the investigation is specific. We do not have strangers who do not understand how the industry or the department works investigating the lifestyle audit. We have people who exactly know how the office works, what their job description is and how they conduct the job. Therefore, it will reduce bias in the process. It also removes witch-hunting from the process because it deals with people who are known. There is also an appeal system which is secured in law. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: There is also the issue of freezing orders on bank accounts of lifestyle audit suspects. This process has become regularized including compensation for those who might feel aggrieved from the process of freezing their accounts. It is a long process as outlined in this Bill. Sen. Orengo has looked at it extensively. I do not want to go through it again. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill and look forward to have it signed into law so that this process can finally have some order. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition. Recently, I came here with information that 70 per cent of veterinary doctors will be retiring in two years’ time. I sought a Statement from the Ministry of Agriculture to tell us how they are managing succession in this area of veterinary and animal production services. Even as we wait for that Statement, this Petition comes in handy. It is providing a solution to the shortage of veterinary doctors and meat inspectors that we expect in this country. It also comes at the right time when we have the ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in Senate: If we do not manage this process properly, we will continue to have these diseases that are spread by animals because we do not have enough veterinary doctors to deal with this issue or to make sure that we are eating meat that is inspected and healthy. Recognizing the graduates of veterinary management and animal production services is crucial so that they can meet the shortage. In the meantime, let us recognize their certificates and levels of education and incorporate them in the county government structure, because agriculture is a devolved function. This is to ensure that counties are able ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank Sen. Chebeni for this Statement. I came face to face with the problem of lack of blood banks yesterday when I went to check on my friend’s child. We mobilized about 18 people to donate blood since she needed fresh blood yesterday. Only one person out of the 18 had blood that we could use. They needed what they call platelets. We were told that nowadays only people below 35 years have blood that can be acceptable. All the 17 people had issues with their blood. Either it had too ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would also like to thank the Committee on Finance and Budget for this Report on the Budget Policy Statement. This Budget Policy Statement came to our Committee on Health and we realised that funds have been increasing to the Ministry of Health to deal with matters health. This year, the Ministry is going to focus on UHC which did a pilot program in four counties and the report suggested that they are going to focus on primary healthcare. Universally, most of the aspects of primary healthcare are not all devolved functions. If we have ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I would like to tell Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud that virginity is not a personal choice because it is in the law. Muslim women have no choice because it is in the law. Sen. Halake is seeking to have that clause changed. view