Robert Pukose

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Mediation Committee on the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2015) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 113 (2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.150, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on its consideration of the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No....

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Mediation Committee on the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2015) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 113 (2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.150, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on its consideration of the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No....

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, considering that this Bill has been debated exhaustively by the House, I request that the Mover be called upon to reply.

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill, 2016. At the outset, I support this Bill, but with amendments that I would be proposing. Hon. Speaker, when it comes to the amendment to the Dairy...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Ahsante Mhe. Spika kwa kunipa fursa hii ili niweze kuchangia Mswada huu ambao ni wa kuzuia watu kuteswa kwa njia ambazo hazifai. Tunajua kwamba miaka ya 1990, Wakenya wangeshikwa na Special Branch na kuhusishwa na mambo ya siasa. Walimu wa vyuo vikuu na wanafunzi pia walishikwa kwa...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United States of America concerning Cooperation in...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I thank my colleagues who have contributed to the ratification of this Agreement, which is very important. I know that Hon. Okoth has left. He had initially said that I come from a place where sugarcane is grown. I think when you live in Kibra,...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. This is a very important Bill. It introduces intellectual property as collateral to be recognised by banks and other lending institutions, a phenomenon that was previously unheard of in our country. Although we have seen shylocks doing the same...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Petition by Hon. Chris Wamalwa, my colleague from Trans Nzoia. It is very tragic that the KPR have been very notorious especially in Trans Nzoia. There is a question I raised seeking an answer from the Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Police based at Olkandongo Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) have been very notorious. Every weekend, they confiscate cows that have been taken to the dam to drink water, keep them and solicit for funds from people from Kitalale. The people have complained several times to even the Commandant...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Petition by Hon. Lessonet on the issue of squatters. Issues of squatters in some areas resulted from historical injustices dating back to the colonial times. In my county of Trans Nzoia, members of the Sabaot Community were...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, the Senate Amendments to the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2015) be now considered. The Health Bill was passed by the National Assembly on 30th March, 2016 and subsequently forwarded to the Senate for...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose We rejected several clauses as mentioned, but in brief, for instance, in Clause 15 where it mentions the national Government’s ministry responsible for health, we had provided that it develops health policies, laws, administrative procedures and programmes in consultations with county governments, health sector stakeholders and the...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Motion and more specifically, the Departmental Committee on Health for the effort it has made. I also thank the Senate for debating and proposing the various amendments to the Bill, which...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Petition by Hon. Lessonet on the issue of squatters. Issues of squatters in some areas resulted from historical injustices dating back to the colonial times. In my county of Trans Nzoia, members of the Sabaot Community were...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, the Senate Amendments to the Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No.14 of 2015) be now considered. The Health Bill was passed by the National Assembly on 30th March, 2016 and subsequently forwarded to the Senate for...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose We rejected several clauses as mentioned, but in brief, for instance, in Clause 15 where it mentions the national Government’s ministry responsible for health, we had provided that it develops health policies, laws, administrative procedures and programmes in consultations with county governments, health sector stakeholders and the...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Motion and more specifically, the Departmental Committee on Health for the effort it has made. I also thank the Senate for debating and proposing the various amendments to the Bill, which...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Omulele) : Hon. Pukose, what is your point of order? Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I respect Hon. Millie but her statement that it is in the spirit of the two...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Omulele) : Hon. Pukose, what is your point of order? Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I respect Hon. Millie but her statement that it is in the spirit of the two...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No. 37 of 2016) . At the outset, I support this Bill. I know we have a big challenge when it comes to issues of political parties, but we must...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Wanga is the boss. She is the party supremo in Homa Bay. Hon. Kaluma has to agree to work under her.

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Hon. Speaker, I am the boss in Trans Nzoia. I know Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi is trying to say that he is the boss, but he is in the Opposition. He works under me. He is my immediate neighbour. I have told him to come to the Jubilee...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Midiwo, the Deputy Minority Leader for bringing this Petition by a Kenyan citizen. He had stated earlier that it is a very long Petition and it is important that as much as he cut it short, the...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was listening to the Petition by Hon. Munuve. It is important he tells us which ward the patient was at the KNH and under what circumstances the patient was stabbed. It is very critical. For something like that to happen in a...

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Presented by Hon. Gathogo alias Mama aendelee.

Hon. (Dr) Pukose Yes, she is alias Mama Aendelee. That is what she said and I heard her very clearly.

Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Yes, it is true, Hon. Speaker. That is her other name. She is referred to, as “Mama Aendelee” in her constituency. She said she wants to continue being a Member of Parliament for her second term from 2017 to 2022. On the Petition concerning a teacher who...