Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 791 to 800 of 1925.

• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this partnership is useful because we are able to make sound arrangements and development based on sustainable development and questions of how to deal with the solid waste management. One of the biggest elements in Kenya today, for instance, is that of cancer. We are asking several questions such as why there is such an upsurge of cancer. Is it because of the discharges and effluents that are coming through industries? Who are the owners of these industries? Where are the raw materials coming from? Have we allowed people to treat this solid waste management in ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: These are the major economic, social and political issues. Coming to political issues, when you look at issues such as xenophobia, it is nothing except people saying, “Hold on. Why are you taking jobs in our country when we do not have anything to even put on the table?” It boils down to that basic element that people have been so deprived to a level where they can start causing mayhem to other citizens of this world. Of course, we do not condone that. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the ACP-EU partnership Conference in Cotonou, Benin, 2020 must now start churning out coherent, sustainable, development through the investment of resources that are predictable and sustainable. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: This is a good partnership. I think we can take credit that we are in that group. I thank the delegation that represented us in this area. Most importantly, they should bring all these elements that have been brought out that we should address them for the benefit, not only of Kenya, but Africa, ACP and the globe. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you. I support. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a former Minister for Education, this is a pathetic situation. There was a time when we had chief inspectors of schools who not only inspected the curriculum but also the teachers and the quality of buildings around including toilets. Using a chicken wire mesh to compound a storey building is like condemning our children to massacre and death. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: It was extremely painful to watch parents in agony and pain of losing such young and tender-aged children who had gone there in pursuit of knowledge. They did not go there to seek death but knowledge. In the process, because of the carelessness, corruption and the appetite for money that has pervaded this nation, they could not care what happens as long as they have money in the pockets. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: The end result is a total loss to the community, the families, and the nation of Kenya. That is depriving this nation’s children who would have been the Speaker of the Senate, President of the Republic of Kenya or prominent doctors or teachers among other professions. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Therefore, whatever measures are taken, we should go in a much more deliberate and conscious manner, being able to bring to book those who have been able to cause this damage and death in these children. At the same time, we should put in a caveat on any 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
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: other schools that may have gone along this path, because we have already seen what our children have been exposed to in this context. view