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.
3 May 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment by the Chair because it increases the fine. I believe that this is an offence whose penalty should be stiffer.
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Health, I wish to present the business before the Committee. The Departmental Committee on Health has handled the Health Bill 2015, the In-vitro Fertilisation Bill, 2015 and the Health Records and Information Managers Bill, 2015. We have also concluded the following legislative proposals:- (i) The Clinical Officers Training, Registration and Licencing of Nurses Bill, 2015. (ii) The Occupational Therapists Bill, 2015 We have also finalised the following petitions:- (i) Petition by Mr. Kiprotich Cheruiyot regarding the review of the healthcare system. (ii) Petition by Hon. Iringo Kubai on behalf ...
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
The Committee has the following pending business before it:- (i) The Traditional Practitioners Health Bill, 2014. The Committee has considered the Bill pursuant to Standing Order No. 127 and tabled its Report on 23rd April 2015. We are waiting the Second Reading debate. (ii) Pharmacy Practitioners Bill, 2014. The Committee has also considered this Bill and tabled its Report. We are also waiting the Second Reading. (iii)The Biomedical Engineers Bill, 2015. The Committee has considered the Bill pursuant to Standing Order No.127. We have tabled the Report and the Bill is awaiting the Second Reading. The electronic version of the ...
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
(iv) HIV/AIDS Prevention and Cancer Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.4 of 2015). It is under consideration.
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we also have the following petitions pending before the Committee:- (i) Petition by Hon. Eseli Simiyu on alleged mismanagement and misappropriation of funds at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). The Committee is finalising this report. We have one set of witnesses to meet. (ii) Petition by Elijah King’ori Githima regarding the deplorable state of mental healthcare facilities in Kenya. The Committee has met the Petitioner. We have visited institutions that are concerned with this including Mathari National and Teaching Referral Hospital. We are planning to meet other institutions that we felt can add value to this including ...
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we also have some pending legislative proposals. One of them is the Kenya Pwani National Referral Hospital Bill. The sponsor of this Bill, Hon. Abdulswamad Sheriff, requested the Committee to halt the consideration of this proposal, so that he can consult further.
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30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
We have some pending reports that have already been finalised and the Committee is waiting to adopt them. I am going to read through the reports. 1. The Second EAC Health Ministers and Parliamentarians Forum on Health and Symposium on Reproductive Maternal and Newborn and Child Health. 2. The SEAPACOH Executive Committee meeting held in Imperial Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. 3. The 68th World Health Assembly Report held in Geneva, Switzerland. 4. The 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. 5. Benchmarking visit to the Peoples’ Republic of China on the Traditional Practitioners Bill, 2014. 6. The Report on ...
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29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, clause 55 be deleted and replaced by the following new clause – Bank account. “55 (1) The National Treasury shall, facilitate the opening
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29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
and maintenance of bank accounts by the county treasuries, Act No. 18 of 2012. for purposes of operationalizing disbursements of conditional grants, donations and any other monies designated for health as may be prescribed, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act. (2) Funds identified and designated for health in sub- section (1) shall not be appropriated for any other purpose.” The first amendment concerns the opening of the bank accounts. The purpose of this amendment in Clause 55(1) is that the clause was redrafted to introduce the sub-clause to ensure that there is ...
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