Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 531 to 540 of 1925.

• 2 Jun 2020 in Senate: In this Senate, this is the first time again that history is being made; that we have a lady of no mean achievement. She is somebody who has distinguished herself in various capacities in leadership and again, as luck would have it, we sit together in the Senate Committee on Education. We know the kind of Bills we have been generating from that Committee and the kind of input she has been giving to the Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that Sen. (Prof.) Kamar will be equal to the task placed upon her ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this singular opportunity to address a very important---. 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
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment on the Sixth and Seventh Progress Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 Situation in Kenya that has been laid before this House. It is an important Report. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm. Therefore, any emerging nation must of all necessity be in a state of preparedness in dealing with any nature and manner of the pandemic that may seize that nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that we, as a nation, are seized of the details on how to react in ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: As we see it today, what has this COVID-19 done? It has displaced people from their jobs. There are no economic activities going on. People have been disoriented and separated from their normal daily pursuits. Even those who were involved in Jua Kali sector and the microenterprises, their incomes are very meagre at this stage. The ability to earn for the families has been completely disoriented. We now need to put that social problem into order. We need to work our populations to make sure that their daily earnings are useful and successful. Madam Temporary Speaker, the second thing that ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: running short of the ventilators. This is because ventilators are finality. When you reach that level, you are already in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). What you need to do is get generous supply in high percentages of oxygen to aerate the lungs. In that manner, you can get oxygen in your blood vessels to maintain your normal life and the breathing circle that you go through it. This is an important element that we need to understand. Now we know our institutions like the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology that developed a module of a ventilator. We should ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: When the Ministry of Health says let us keep our hands clean and let us sanitize ourselves, it is not for fun. It is simply because using the science behind it, the minute the virus gets in touch with the sanitizer, the covering of the virus is removed and, therefore, is laid bare. The coating is laid bare, and without its covering, the virus becomes very inactive. Therefore, it cannot perform, invade, or multiply itself to a much higher number. view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: We have learnt that we can keep it at bay, first of all, by social distancing. It is quite clear and is very effective. By simple washing of the hands and using sanitizers, we are able to keep it at bay and cut the cycle. We now know that within two weeks, if there is no transmission from one individual to another, that cycle ends there, and therefore, you are disease free. That is why the Government is insisting that when they talk of self- quarantine for 14 days, again, it is not for fun. It is simply meant to ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: One element that has stood out very clearly, and I have always said this before, is that the supply of normal clean drinking water in all our areas is very critical. When I was Minister for Technical Training and Applied Technology, one of the things that we did with the World Bank was to supply plenty of water to informal settlements. Areas like Korogocho, Mukuru kwa Njenga and Kibera are densely populated. Therefore, they need a generous supply of water to survive. If you are not able to supply water, then you render the hygienic conditions that you are trying ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: the supply of clean water to all the populations, whether in the urban centers or in the rural setting, so that Kenyans do not have to struggle trekking miles away, in order to get water for their domestic use. If there is anything that we have learnt from this COVID-19 pandemic, it is the ability to prioritize water supply, because water becomes a basic element that is available to the population, so that they can deal with this situation. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have also learnt that you must be able to give what we call a stimulus package to ... view
• 22 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will speak and if I may have any little experience to give to a very distinguished scholar at the university, let me do it right now. We all serve and have served in various capacities, whether on appointed capacities as Cabinet Minister or elective positions. It does not matter what it is, you all the time serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Any indication that there is no confidence in you, in itself calls upon a very quick meditation on what you should do about that event. Many times, I have escaped ... view