Hon. Richard Nyagaka Tongi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. It is a Motion whose timing is long overdue considering the kind of challenges that we have had to go through. Health is a basic requirement in any society. Most countries which have succeeded have given priority to health. We have a vision going forward to be one of the middle income countries and eventually The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: super power. So, we need to manage our health issues ahead of time. It is unfortunate that sometimes we have given audience to things which are important but not very critical. If you do not have good health, everything else does not matter. If you do not have good health, nothing else counts in life. That is why as a country, once we get our health issues right, then we will be able to fix the concerns and the challenges that almost account to 50 per cent of our needs as human beings. When you are healthy, you can function ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Treatment is not just the only solution to this concern. We listen to the teachings of the experienced people such as the speakers who have spoken about this topic. The SDA teachings on health matters have taught extensively on matters health. They have taught us about the food we need to eat. There is a lot of teachings by Ellen G White on health matters and healthy foods. The teachings ensure that the people we are serving in our society are healthy. She understood that at a very formative stage that when people are healthy, we are able to serve ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I support this Motion and appreciate the initiative taken by my colleague, Hon. Ruweida. She has done good research on this topic. We hope the Government and the Committee on Implementation will ensure that our deliberations will be implemented. Let us give diabetes the same keenness that we have given HIV. The kind of attention that HIV has received in the country has worked hence reduced the HIV cases. If we can give the same attention to diabetes, I am sure we will have a healthier nation, if we go by the known cases of about a half a million ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: So, if we can ensure that this is done, we will have served our society in a better way to ensure that complications that come with diabetes are stopped or controlled at a very early stage when we still have a chance to do it as a nation or as individuals. I encourage Members to do this screening ahead of time so that they have a chance of managing this health challenge ahead of time. This is because, diabetes should never kill. Once you understand it and manage it, there is no reason why you should die. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support this Motion and urge our Government to put into practice the policies and proposals that have been put forth to ensure that the Big Four Agenda of the President which includes health succeeds and we have a healthy nation called Kenya. That is the strength of any nation which is going to succeed. When we have healthy people, our issues will be addressed in a more sober way and people will be strong enough to do other things that are required of them. This will ensure that the society is growing in leaps and ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support the Motion. Thank you for the opportunity. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Nyaribari Chache, JP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Nyaribari Chache, JP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. Just like my colleagues, I want to congratulate the Committee on NG-CDF for a job well-done. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: We sat for long hours to look at these names. We did a background check and I want to confirm what my colleagues have said. These are very qualified Kenyans. I wish we would have as many as 47 slots. We appreciate that even if we had 47 slots, they would never be enough because ethnicity issue would set in and we would never be satisfied. What we looked at, under the chairmanship of my boss, were the qualifications. We looked at the competencies of the people we were getting on board, the gender issue and the capacity to deliver ... view