Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to donate my time to Sen. (Prof.) Kamar so that she can finish. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have pressed to speak. view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in supporting the Motion on engagement of community health workers by county governments that is ably sponsored by the distinguished Senator from Kisumu, Sen. Nyamunga. It is important to state from the beginning that health is a devolved function. Therefore, it is incumbent upon county governments to up their game in provision of this 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. view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: service. We know that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. We have always been told that prevention is better than cure. The way to prevent diseases in our country and, especially in counties, is to use the volunteer health workers. For many years, people have volunteered to help at the local level. For a long time we have had traditional births attendants who have always come in handy to help deliver mothers when they cannot access hospitals. These volunteer care givers have worked for a long time without recognition yet they play an important role in the society. view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with this Motion, we expect that the concerned authorities will take it up and provide training for those that are already in the system. This will also encourage others to come up and join these primary healthcare givers whom we call volunteers. At this moment, they have no certification and training. There is no policy to guide on how they should work. Without this policy, these workers are on several occasions, misused, underpaid and overworked. They are not provided with equipment because no one recognizes them in any legal way. However, with this Motion, we will have ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute and support the Report of the ad-hoc Committee that was inquiring into the challenges facing the tea sector. We have been told here by Sen. Omogeni that farmers in Kisii region are threatening to uproot tea bushes. I witnessed some of my friends, who are farmers in that region actually uprooting their tea bushes because of the challenges that this Committee was inquiring into. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also seen that tea is an export crop which earns this country foreign exchange. I farmers are going to ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: setup of a commission of inquiry to look into these challenges so that we can have a second eye to investigate the challenges of the tea sector. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the Motion by Sen. Kasanga, on the formation of community forest associations to aid in the management of forest resources within counties. The value of trees cannot be gainsaid enough. We have a law that says that the forest cover in this country must be 10 per cent. I am aware that it is currently just 2 per cent; so, we are far away and we need to do much more to achieve that target of 10 percent forest cover. I have said in this House before, that everyone owns land. ... view