Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: know why governors are not partnering with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) so that it supplies drugs even when they do not have the resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, today we are going through the issue of revenue. There is a huge debt owed to KEMSA by the counties. I think that is the reason they are not willing to extend more credit to the counties. I thank you. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I believe the intent of the Bill, originally, was not bad. We had issues in June. Out of the conversation we had about the State of the Nation debate, this Bill is a result of what happened at the time. I want to report to you that some of us went to school because of harambees. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: If you get somebody who is 45 years and above who is in this House, and even outside there, there used to be two types of schools. There were schools done by the Government and there were some harambee secondary schools. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: Most of our public schools now in the rural set-up were called harambee secondary schools. Some of our national schools were built by the community through harambee. Our parents sold cows, goats, sheep and all types of things to ensure that these schools were built. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: I hope with the debate that is going on, the Senate Majority Leader will rethink this Bill. We cannot do as a country without harambee. Most of our churches also were built through harambees. Some were done by missionaries who came to the country early, maybe 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. These missionaries got their resources because of harambees in their own country. They raised maybe from charity organisations and from those who were philanthropic enough to contribute. Then the resources came to Kenya, came to Africa. Our churches and mosques were built as a result of harambee. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: My colleagues have talked about school fees. Most people went to school because of harambee. I remember I almost missed going to Form 1 because my parents did not have anything. However, because of the community, they sat and said, this is a young man, a young boy who did very well. He was top of his school and then they decided to contribute. At that time our school fees were Kshs1,540. It was not easy to get Kshs1,500 in 1982. If it was not easy to get Kshs1,500, how about now, when those joining Form 1, are expected to ... view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: So, what I am saying as a leader and as a legislator, we will not agree to legislate harambees in our country. If we do, many people will be locked out of schools and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: colleges. NG- CDF has been there since 2004, but it has not been able to sponsor all the students across the country. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: That is why one of the Senators the other day said that can we collapse all these bursaries from NG-CDF, bursary from county government, bursary by Women Representatives and from the Ministry, we put in one kitty, so that we have free education from Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) up to university. view
• 20 Nov 2024 in Senate: The only way we can agree to regulate fundraising is if we say completely now from nursery to university, education is completely free. We will know those from less fortunate, less privileged families can have an education, which is an equalizer. On the state of health in the country, you know in the village, most of our dispensaries, most of our health centres have no medicine. Without medicine, most of our people who get sick will go to private hospitals in the counties. When they go even to the public, they are expected to pay. When they are expected to ... view