Robert Pukose

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) It is which number?

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I hear Hon. Kamket asking for review of the qualifications in marginalised areas. I think that is discrimination because even in marginalised areas, for a long time, we have taken advantage and have de-marginalised the rest of Kenya by asking for...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Millie, Whip of the Minority Party has said that we have cases of influenza, and there is no proper treatment. There are guidelines by the Ministry of Health about the administration of influenza vaccines, which are given to...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to congratulate Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona for being nominated the Whip of the Minority Party. I would not say that is a recognition of women, but her capacity. She does not represent women here. She is a Member...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Petition by Hon. Bartoo on the re-settlement of the Sergoit people. The issue of the former provincial administration taking money from individuals and allocating land is not just in Sergoit. It is something that has happened...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I second the Procedural Motion so that we can dispense other businesses. I ask for the indulgence of Members to allow the Procedural Motion to allow us to dispense with the other businesses without anticipating that we will be proceeding to recess....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. I can see we have a Committee of the whole House on the same. I will make my contributions during that time.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I would like to support these appointments. Having observed the proceedings of the Committee, the President made the right choice. He chose these two ladies on competence, not because one was Luo and another Turkana. He looked...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition by Professor Atwoli, the professor of psychiatry. Attempted suicide is a mental illness. That being the case, it should not be criminalised. These are people who require psychological or psychiatric treatment. As the Committee...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Statement sought by Hon. Catherine Omanyo, the Member for Busia County, is very serious. It needs attention. All of us who live along the borders must share resources equally without discrimination. 13th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 18 Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon Tongoyo said that County Commissioners have been given 102 vehicles for use by ACCs. I do not know how that distribution was done because many of the ACCs, including the ACCs in Endebess, Chepchoina and other places, have no...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we would also like the Professor to simplify it so that if we are to communicate to the members of the public, when you are telling somebody about band one, two or three, they can understand. Can she make it simpler so...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Professor has already given us those bands; that Band One is from this to that much. We would like to understand how much the student qualifies to get. She has already said that in the first category, they will get 75 per...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to congratulate our athletes. I congratulate Faith Kipyegon together with Chebet. Ronald Kwemoi, who managed to get a silver medal in the 5,000-metre race is my constituent. Also, my neighbour, Bernard Wanyonyi, from Saboti managed to get...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Mheshimiwa Spika, mimi namuonea huruma Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Umeme kwa sababu ya yale Mheshimiwa Ruweida anauliza. Huyu ni Mbunge mwenzako. Huwezi kuwa unamwaamuru afanye mambo fulani ilhali yeye ni Mjumbe mwenzako. Yeye ametumwa hapa kuwasilisha habari uliotisha. Kwa hivyo, tusaidie Mheshimiwa aweze kufuatililia...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second the Motion on adoption of the Report of the Committee that conducted an inspection of EAC institutions in Uganda. As stated in the Report, an air ticket from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam is expensive compared to...

Hon (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue that has been raised by Hon. Martin Owino, Wuod chief, - who is a member of the Departmental Committee on Health - is weighty. We will bring an answer to the House after two weeks.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand for the issue raised by Hon. Makilap, about the landslides in Baringo. More so, in Baringo North. I want to help the Member because Hon. Tongoyo has committed to follow it up. It will not be acted upon...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I had actually raised a point of order when I heard the response from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. He did not go into mentioning issues about carcinogenic because in many of the articles that have been...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, when I listened to the Hon. Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Government Constituency Development Fund moving this Motion, he clearly stated that he had a verbal directive. He did not produce any document to show that the Head of...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, for a document to be admissible in this House, there is a minimum threshold that it should meet procedurally. Ordinarily, a document is presented to the Clerks-at-the-Table who transmit it to the Speaker for authentication. After that, it can be discussed....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Not on this one, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We have all listened to the Chair on this debate and, therefore, I am standing under Standing Order 95 (1) that the Mover be called upon to reply. (Loud consultations)

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the joint sittings of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health and the Senate Standing Committee on Health in their Report on the vetting of a nominee...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Members for overwhelmingly supporting the Committee’s position. I want to also thank the Departmental Committee on Health of the National Assembly. I beg to reply that Dr. Patrick Omwanda Amoth be approved as the Director-General for...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to comment on the request for statement by Hon. Lotee, who is my neighbour. The people of Kacheliba have suffered as a result of cattle rustling. It is important for the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Duncan Maina Mathenge, the Member for Nyeri Town, is a Member of my Committee. I can confirm that he has been following up on this matter. I assure the Member that I will give a response in two...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion by Hon. Mishi Mboko. I would like to state that we have a 2017/2018 Mental Health Policy by the Ministry of Health. Her Motion wants the national Government and county governments to consult towards mental...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Joint Report of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health and the Senate Standing Committee on Health on Vetting a Nominee for Appointment as the Director- General for Health. Thank you, Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health and the Senate Standing Committee on Health in its Report on the Vetting of a...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second the Procedural Motion to exempt the business appearing as Order No.11 from the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3) being a Wednesday morning, a day allocated for business sponsored by the Majority Party or Minority Party or a committee....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for allowing me to contribute. First and foremost, I want to congratulate the Chairperson and Members of the Budget and Appropriation Committee who are seated in this House ready to contribute on the Supplementary Budget. The Departmental Committee on...