Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 291 to 300 of 1925.

• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: some of it was being released as late as 4th and 5th of January. This required that county governments had to go all over again to do a supplementary budget to be able to cater for that. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: I would like that element to be taken care of; that eventually people must get timely disbursement of funds, so that they can apply their budgets--- view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think history is replete with many reminders of where we have come from and where we are going. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: In the 14th Century, Asia and Europe were ravaged by a plague that killed so many people. That was to an extent that during the plagues that appeared later, those of us who went to school much later were told it was something very positive if we killed and presented one rat at school. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: In 1957 and 1968, we had the flu pandemics that appeared globally not to mention the H1N1 Pandemic of 2009 which was a swine flu that appeared and devastated a lot of populations worldwide. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: In 1918-19, there was the Spanish flu not because it happened in Spain but because it was nomenclatured in that level. The outstanding factor is that it killed 20 to 40 million people. We now have COVID-19 of 2019-2020 which has ravaged the whole world. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: What is a pandemic? It is not an epidemic because an epidemic is confined to a small community but this is a global occurrence. The COVID-19 fits that description of a global pandemic which is infectious and spreading. Unless some very stringent measures are put in place, the entire populations will be decimated. We do not have to joke or argue against it. Having defined what a pandemic is, being an infectious disease, unless some measures are put in place, we will lose so many people. That is why I am fully persuaded, first of all, as a professional medic ... view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also weigh in on this matter. First, prevention is better than cure. We have tried all the measures of prevention, like social distancing, sanitizing, washing our hands and we have been able to contain this scourge to a reasonable level. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Unfortunately, this third wave has spiraled in a very dangerous way that if we are not careful, we will continue losing more and more Kenyans because of the invasion, particularly on the primary organs like the lungs that will have no capacity to be able to generate enough oxygen for our blood flow. When there is not enough oxygenation, you have what you call total body organ paralysis. Therefore, you may have dangerous moments which may require you to be put on the ventilator. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version ... view