Susan Wakarura Kihika

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, pursuant to Standing Orders No.139, I beg to move that the Committee do report progress on its consideration of the County Government (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2017) and seek leave to sit again tomorrow. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report. I request Sen. Omanga to second. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to add my voice in welcoming the delegation from the Parliament of Sierra Leone and wish them a good stay in Kenya. I hope that they will achieve their objectives through benchmarking in the Parliament of Kenya. 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
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: We are happy to have them because, as the African Continent, it is good to move around and figure the best practices from across the Parliaments in Africa. We are happy to have them here and hope that they will be enriched by the engagements in Kenya. I also wish them a safe journey on their return to Sierra Leone. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support and from the bottom of my heart congratulate Sen. Kasanga for the work she has done in bringing this Bill. When she moved it, we were able to tell how much work she had done. She had met a lot of stakeholders and had really done her homework. The timing of the Bill is commendable. I believe at this point in time as a country, we are really facing a crisis. I am not sure if the crisis has been under-reported, probably, it is now being reported more. There is ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: pulp by the husband, just because she had decided that she did not want to be with him anymore. Those cases have continued to repeat themselves and some are graver than that; where ladies have been killed. This seems to happen week in, week out. It is no longer just young Kenyans doing it, but it is affecting the older people in the society. We saw about a few weeks ago, a man in his 50s killing the wife and then himself. We have seen this happening with the rich or poor people in our country. This is one of ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: We need to put a lot of funding into this and also more professionals can go into that line of work so that they are able to help Kenyans. In addition to that, I am happy with the Bill for clearly stating the obligations for both the national and county governments. Many hospitals we visit across the counties do not provide mental health services to the populations. That is why there is a stereotype. Somebody has mental health and he should be in Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. Health is a devolved function and therefore, every county must be ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: The provision of mental health treatment and rehabilitation services in Level 2,3 and 4 county health facilities will go a long way to make sure that when a person needs mental health facilities, he or she does not have to come to Nairobi to seek help at Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. I know we have about 16 hospitals in the country that in one way or the other offer mental health services. However, Mathari Hospital is the only public facility that specializes in mental health. view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: We have talked a lot about how some forms of mental health such as depression are common. We also know that we are in a country where unemployment is extremely high especially for the youth population. There is also a lot of drug and alcohol abuse which is caused by unemployment. Therefore, by devolving these services to the county level, the person at the village level will access them instead of expecting the same depressed and unemployed person to find their way to Nairobi to look for treatment. The sooner we make these services available to the people at the ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in Senate: to go to work in order to provide a roof or food for the child or children. Therefore, they end up having no option but to lock the children in the house. It is important to create awareness out there for people to know there is help for their families and communities. This will only happen if funds are allocated. Madam Temporary Speaker, in addition, from a personal level, about seven years ago, I lost a nephew who was dear to me. He was a young gentleman about 19 years. He was in his first year at the university. He ... view