30 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the Community Land Bill (Senate Bill No.38 of 2014) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.
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30 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As we take our recess, we look back and see our achievements and failures. The Senate has had more achievements in the form of Bills that we have passed and the contributions to the welfare of this country, especially in the form of advice that we have given to the leadership. The Senate is the most sober House of Parliament and that has been seen to be so. There is a lot of dirty linen out there that the Senate will unfortunately have to see in the form of works of the governors and their ...
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The hon. Senator has sought a statement from a Committee of this House. However, you have not yet ruled on that matter. He moved---
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, my concern was that the hon. Senator---
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir that is what I am doing. The hon. Senator had sought a statement on admission of students to colleges. Would it not have been in order to direct that statement to the Committee on Education rather than the Committee on Health?
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg that the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee of Health listens. The Government has distributed over 11 million doses of Artemether/ Lumefantrine for the treatment of the common malaria infections. I believe we are talking of the falciparum type.
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
(1) Is the Government aware that resistance is developing on this medicine? Is the Government also aware that more medics are actually reverting to the older quinine for treatment of resistant cases in hospitals? (2) After examination, 21 children were recorded to have suffered signs and symptoms that I would consider inappropriate administration of an injection. To me, it seems this injection was directly administered into the sciatic nerve on 21 children and hence causing the side effects of nerve injury. Will the Government compensate these The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A ...
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that the Chairperson will have to give another answer to this House, I hope she will remember my first question of the doubts of efficacy of the medicines that are now used for the management of malaria in the country. Could she also enlighten this House the position of the Government on the use of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) in the eradication of the mosquito vector that transmits malaria parasite?
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my questions are purposeful and we have actually invited the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to our Committee, for some reason. I have just given guidance on the sort of line of investigation that the Committee will take. The Committee has three doctors inclusive of Sen. (Prof.) Lesan and so we are able. We will guide our Vice Chairperson on how to solve it.
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29 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the Public Appointments (County Assembly Approval) Bill (Senate Bill No.20 of 2014) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.
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