Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 921 to 930 of 1925.

• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: seconded. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to add my voice in welcoming the delegation from the Parliament of Sierra Leone who are in Kenya to benchmark with the normal traditions and proceedings that are carried out in the Senate and the National Assembly. I remember with a lot nostalgia that Sierra Leone has been with us in the fight against colonialists at the time of Independence. Therefore, they have a rich history as much as Kenya. We are all the same because we come from the African Continent. I wish them a good and successful stay and tour in Kenya. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to weigh in on this matter. I am a Member of the Committee on Education, Information and Communication Technology. Prof. Magoha was my student at the medical school and I know that there is a CBC which has been rolled out. First, one of the major pitfalls in the rolling out of CBC is that it must be based on a policy. However, as far as I know, it is now that they are rolling out that policy. It is through the policy that one is able to cut out ... view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: their minds, it becomes difficult to erase it from their mind. It becomes part of their DNA. Therefore, we are, in fact, exposing our children to dangerous trends. I wish I had one or two minutes to prosecute this. I indulge you. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Therefore, it is important that as we roll out this curriculum, everybody is seized of it. The teachers, parents, community and everybody must know about it. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the facilities in our schools are wanting, leave alone the new policy of 100 per cent transition. This means that 100 per cent transition from Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) levels to primary one and two. Where will they be? We have 100 per cent transition of standard ones and twos but inadequate number of teachers. However, they hope to recruit them and have given a measure of up to many years when they intend to bridge the gap view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to what I call a very important disease in the lives of our young people and adults. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: The Motion is appropriately before this House because it speaks to the condition called Sickle Cell Anemia. In some other jurisdictions, they call it Sickle Cell Disease. It is an inheritance according to the genetic mapping of parents on both sides. When they have two doses of haemoglobin or the protein S which is predisposed to sickle cell disease and the other parent also has S, you have what we call SS, which is a double dose of the disease and therefore, called Haemoglobin (HbSS) or HbSC. This HbSS or HbSC view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: is the one that causes the disease in children when they are born and in the young adults. It causes crises in the adults throughout their lives if they can survive all that period. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, unfortunately, this is a peculiar disease to Africans. In Kenya, it is predominantly in the Western region particularly our Luo and Luhya communities and also in the Coastal belt. view