Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: to do in order to have clear communication. Therefore, mine is to make sure you do not just transmit it in the air. I wish this would be prime time communication, so that even some members of the public would hear it firsthand. This is because, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what happens is that some courts do not even hear what we are hearing; and they do not seem to have understood the same way that you have communicated here. I, therefore, just want to thank you and congratulate you again. The Chair has protected this House; we continue to ... view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is important that we support this Motion on engagement of community health workers by county governments. It is important, particularly for counties, for example, West Pokot County where I come from, to have people at the primary health level. view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: I am a beneficiary of primary health workers. I grew up in a village where there were no nurses, clinical officers or doctors. I went to school in Uganda and we benefited much from community health workers who were trained at the primary level. My late father was a primary health worker trained as a dresser at the village level. He saved many lives, for example, people suffering from malaria, snake bites etcetera . It became necessary because the primary health workers at the village level live with the people. Therefore, we should give them the right policies, training and ... view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: treatment. Sometimes, because of laziness, referrals have become common. For example, people are referred to a higher level of attention when they can be dealt with at a much lower level. My concern with the current situation cannot be gainsaid. There are no drugs in many of our big hospitals at the moment. The doctors are busy doing their own businesses. There is absolutely no attention given to the people. I am saying this because of complaints that we have heard in many hospitals where there are no medicine. There is a Government policy to close down health facilities, for ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in supporting this Statement. There is a situation where the fight is within Samburu and not from outside. It is people who live in the same county that are attacking each other. With that kind of situation, this is not inter-county but intra-country fights and rivalry. Therefore, we need to think of how to deal with this situation where people who live together and are from the same county are fighting. In Laikipia County, it is both of inter-county and intra-county fights. This matter should be put to rest. I do not ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion on commendation of Eliud Kipchoge and others who have made us proud in the field of athletics. Last week, Kenyans felt proud and the Flag of Kenya was a common occurrence in Vienna and on television screens all over the world. The unity of Kenyans was shown at that time. I would like to begin by commending Eliud Kipchoge for his effort and prowess and making history by being the first human being to run a marathon in a time that no one has ever done before because he ran ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: was amused when someone said if you look of people who have gotten State Honors, the Head of State Commendations and other commendations, you do not want to put our athletes in some of them because that is what we have seen. We should raise the level of these athletes because they have denied themselves a lot to reach where they are. The only reason I could not finish a full marathon is because, probably, I was not well prepared for it. You have to get rid of all elements called lipids from your body. To do so, it is ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes, they deny themselves quite a bit. So, I would like to commend them. Even though they are not all mentioned here, there are very many Kenyans who have done us proud this year. I do not want to belabour the point that we need to think seriously about our sports facilities in this House because sports is a devolved function. It is a matter which is within our means. We can do a lot in our counties to improve our facilities. It is not true that it is only people from this part of Rift Valley who can be ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: The other thing which I must say is that we are not good at commending people. I think we do not have a language for commending people. Probably, we are good at condemning rather than commending people. When I saw Kenyans commending Eliud Kipchoge, I was happy. But I wondered what could have happened if he did not make it under two hours. Would we have commended him for even trying? We should continue to encourage our athletes and help them to continue winning. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: I want to commend and thank the organizations who have continued helping our athletes. There are many people who are not Kenyans, but they help our athletes to excel. They are coaches, managers and organizers of the competitions. I want to commend them for according our athletes opportunities to shine. view