Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 1925.

• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a three-pronged approach in which we must approach this. First, I have heard my colleagues stating that the Committee on Health has not been able to do anything. Sen. Olekina and I are both Members of that Committee. We have been able to thoroughly appraise this matter in the last three days when these figures started going haywire. There is evidence that the Statement from that Committee is in your office. I do not know why it was not brought in today for briefing of the Members. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Not only that, but a step has been taken to invite the Ministry of Health to give us a statement because we want to tie in the statistics that seem to be at variance with what we see and what is being generated. It is important that we move together in the same direction. I hope that this will be placed before this House, because that has been done. There are scheduled meetings with the stakeholders and other major organs to get to the bottom of this problem. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I had time, I would have given a brief to this House. What is happening now is that a decision has to be made on whether we are dealing with the original COVID-19 virus or we are dealing with the new COVID-19 variant. From my professional angle, when you have this particular virus, you are able to develop adequate antibodies to deal with a situation of this nature. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: I believe that Sen. Wako has now fully developed enough antibodies to take him through a period of time, but that does not absolve him from taking the vaccine. I want to announce that I am one of those medics who has taken the vaccine yesterday, because looking at the statistics, I have seen that there is a very poor uptake from my professional colleagues. I want to urge them through this platform of the Senate that they should be able to take the shot because it is important. Eventually, even if we have to do this vaccination once every ... view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Yes, I will conclude. We should now go through and expedite through our research organizations, the language that there is now an alternative oral treatment by Pfizer which may replace the vaccination. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: I think we should examine those two sides both the treatment which has come through by Pfizer and, of course, the normal vaccination. That should go alongside the measures that have been instituted, which we must heighten. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: The national Government and all the county governments now must work in concert to reduce the intensity of this pandemic. Otherwise, the pathogenesis of this disease will be precarious. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think we all must appreciate that the culture of Tanzania and their political lifestyle enabled the leadership to develop to a level where they were able to have a connection with the masses. That served them extremely well because their cultural, social ethos, economics and politics were able to gel together to produce the leadership they needed at every stage of their life. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: One thing that is predominant, and that we saw in President Dr. Magufuli, was the ability to stamp out the corruption which was rampant and tended to deviate their development path from predictable path to a much clearer path. Today, they can proudly say they have moved from the least developed country to low income developed countries, almost following in the footsteps of Kenya. view