Mathenge Duncan Maina

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I congratulate Hon Gathoni Wamuchomba for the timely presentation of this Bill, which will give life to Article 57 of the Constitution. When you holistically look at the kind of life the elderly are living in this country, especially those who have served our Government...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. He will be followed by the Member for Mosop. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support this Bill. On the 5th of May this year, I brought a Motion before this House and it was adopted. The...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table, on behalf of the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health: Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on the winnowing of the proposed amendments to the Kenya Drugs Authority Bill (National Assembly Bill No.54 of 2022) ....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I am a Member of the Committee. I support the Committee's amendment. The pharmaceutical practice is not any other ordinary practice. We put our lives and the lives of others on the line. The presence of a knowledgeable person in this area in terms of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. For those who are in doubt, Nyeri Town Constituency shares seven kilometres of the Aberdares fence. Unlike pastoralists, my constituents, especially in Kihuya Sub-location, are rendered completely food-insecure because of invasion of their farms by wildlife that cross over the electric fence laid along the...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health and today is the greatest day for me as an elected Member of Parliament. Before coming to this House, I had proposed amendments to the existing NHIF Act to...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second the Motion on the creation of the Cancer Fund. The funding in our health sector is inadequate despite several declarations that the Kenyan Government is a signatory to, especially the Abuja Declaration that requires us to set aside up to 15 per cent...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Motion by Hon. Ruku on the development of a policy and funding for JSS. It is important that this country starts to take the education of our children much more seriously than it is happening today. We know that CBC...

I am well guided. All of us have an interest in education. Therefore, when the TSC appears before the 15 Members of the Education Committee, the Chair opens the meeting to friends of the committee. The TSC management will be overwhelmed by Members’ questions. The problem at TSC is a...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Health. While I congratulate my senior, Hon. Didmus, on the thought behind this Amendment Bill, I will highlight two things. Number one, the introduction of the NHIF into decision making in the referral system is not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was a young employee with a personal number at the Ministry of Health, having graduated from the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) at the age of 20 years. For me to get my first salary, I had to bribe somebody or I would have...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I reply, allow me to donate one-and-a-half minutes to the Member for Bureti, Hon. CNN, Member for Mbeere North and Member for Taita Taveta County.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to donate one minute to Hon. Karemba.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Hon. Members for their robust and insightful contributions to this Motion. It is true, society must be more central in the new dispensation in as far as controlling betting is concerned. In a 2017 global survey on youths between 17...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I want to thank our colleague, Hon. Tindi Mwale, for moving this Motion. A visit to most of our institutions will reveal that the number of sanitation facilities available for our students in schools are highly out-matched by...