Racheal, a trained teacher surprised many when she defied the Wiper Democratic Party wave in her region to easily win the Kitui South parliamentary seat. Charity Ngilu has been her inspiration since she was in school. In her term of service she would like to push for improved standard of education, adequate water, food security and equitable distribution of CDF in Kitui South.
26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to say that it is more sensitive when it affects school children. It is more sensitive when it touches on women and violence. As the Mover of the Motion said, women are being violated sexually. To me, this is a matter that needs to be taken more seriously. As I support the Mover, I would like to focus on my constituency. I would like to say without fear that insecurity is also a problem in Kitui South especially in a game reserve we refer to as the Kitui South Game Reserve. In this ...
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26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly:
these primary schools where you will find 100 children being taken care of by one teacher or two teachers because other teachers do not want to go to that place. These schools are Musenge Primary School, Kalalani Primary School, Inyaali Primary School and Kyeni Primary School. These are children who live there and it is important that teachers and pupils feel safe. One way of doing this would be to provide alternative economic empowerment activities for the people from both areas; Kitui and Tana River so that they would not have to go into the forest to burn charcoal. If ...
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31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House, today, Wednesday, 31st August 2016:- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on its consideration of Senate Amendments to the Health Bill, 2016.
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18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to present the business pending before the Departmental Committee on Health.
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18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
So far, in this Session, we have concluded six Petitions, three Bills and six legislative proposals. However, we have the following business that is still pending before us:- (i) The Traditional Practitioners Health Bill, 2014 - This Bill is still under consideration by the Committee and we tabled its Report on 23rd April, 2015. The reason for the delay is because we decided to give priority to the Health Bill. (ii) The Pharmacy Practitioners Bill, 2014 - This Bill is still under consideration for the same reason that we have given priority to the Health Bill that has already been ...
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18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
(vi)The Cancer Prevention Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.3 of 2015) was brought on 20th July 2016 and is still under consideration. The Committee, as I said earlier, has handled six Petitions. We have a pending Petition on the direct employment of graduate nurses by the Public Service Commission (PSC), which was presented by Hon. Abdikadir Omar, MP. It is still under consideration and we were given 60 days. The Committee wishes to request for extension of period to report back to this House because we are still meeting with stakeholders and feel that we may not handle it within ...
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17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to present the pending business before the Departmental Committee on Health.
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11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today Thursday, 11th August 2016: - The Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on its consideration of the Petition regarding alleged irregularities at Medanta Africare Groups of Hospitals, a private health facility. Hon. Speaker, I would like to make a few comments on this matter as we have been guided.
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11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
I stand guided, Hon. Speaker.
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11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I will make few remarks on the Petition by Mr. Brian Onyango regarding the alleged irregularities at Medanta Africare Group of Hospitals which is a private healthcare facility. Hon. Speaker, you referred this Petition to the Parliamentary Committee and the allegations were that the hospital institutes criminal charges against local staff and subsequently terminates their services and that they were establishing several departments and institutions across the country without proper registration. The Petition further alleged that the hospital had been referring patients to its current hospital, Medanta India for ailments and ...
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