Rachel Wambui Shebesh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I appreciate your ruling. However, I would just like to get further clarification. When this matter was brought up last time, we raised these points of orders and canvassed for them very hard with Mr. Mbadi. We have not also seen the Committee engaging its own hon. Member who is bringing this issue to the Floor as a Member of that Committee. Would you also give guidance on the role of hon. Members of a Committee coming out of that particular Committee and canvassing an issue that the Committee itself is ... view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what I meant! view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to categorically say that when I asked hon. Khalwale why he was bringing this matter, he told me that--- When I asked him about the Committee engaging, he told me not to disturb him because he is even a Member of that Committee. I have gone further to the website of Parliament and confirmed that he is a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. So, I would like that clarification about a Member of that Committee himself engaging and why the Committee itself has not taken action against its own Member. view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to ask the question more clearly because we have been following this issue, these two providers are covering about 100,000 civil servants. Those 100,000 civil servants cannot go anywhere else because these two health providers are what they signed against. If these 100,000 civil servants would need dialysis today, which is an outpatient service, where would they go? view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want the Minister to tell us, because on the Floor of this House, the Government canvassed the issue of our defence forces going into Somalia. During that time, we were told clearly what the security issues were. It became Government policy and the House adopted it - that there were some measures that were going to be taken to safeguard this country against attack by what is known Al-Shabaab. view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that particular process was led by the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is now the Minister for Trade and the Minister of State for Defence. Could the Minister tells us the instructions he has been given as the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons, which, of course, allows people in and out, in terms of that particular issue of safeguarding Kenyans security due to the Operation view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: that is going on and now we have joined AMISOM. What is the relationship between them? That is because if it is about radicalization, then the Minister should be clear. What has that Muslim cleric radicalized that is more than Christians have radicalized when they were speaking during the No campaign? What this radicalization that has happened that is connected either to the Government policy or the policy that the Government has given you in relation to the Operation Linda Nchi ? view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) If he is aware that there is no trained speech therapist in Kenya, yet speech therapy is an integral need for most children with special needs; (b) if he is also aware that there are only 5 non-Kenyan speech therapists serving more than 400,000 children in Nairobi alone, hence making their service unaffordable for a majority of parents; and (c) what plans the Government has to ensure that institutions of higher learning are supported to develop curricula for training professional speech therapists. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for his answer. However, I would like him to clarify the most important aspect of this Question which is about the Kenyan-trained or any facility in Kenya that is training speech therapist as opposed to those who were trained abroad and are working in private institutions. Could he tell us which Government establishments, starting with Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to all district hospitals, have speech therapists who are able to provide treatment? view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to ask a final question. The numbers that the Minister is quoting and what I am quoting are different because of what I call stigmatization of children with special needs. Certainly the census exercise did not cover all the children because most of them are hidden in their homes due to stigmatization. What is the Ministry going to do about that very critical issue of children born with special needs like those who need speech therapy and other kinds of treatments so that the parents can bring them out for treatment? I believe this ... view