Robert Pukose

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to make comments on the President’s State of the Nation Address in this House on the 20th November 2025. The President talked about many issues, as the Head of State, touching almost every sector of our country....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am not a gynaecologist but a general surgeon. I would like to support the amendment by the Chairman that the doctor performing assisted reproductive surgery should be a specialist. For someone to offer that service, they should be gynaecologists. The...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Point of information from Hon. (Dr) Pukose, the surgeon. Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you. I want to inform Hon. Millie that.... (Hon. (Prof) Guyo Jaldesa...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a Bill has come a long way. It has had a lot of public participation and has created a lot of controversies. I thank all the people who made various presentations. Assisted reproductive technology is already being practised in...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I support the position the Temporary Chairlady has taken. We know that Hon. Millie appeared before our Committee where we discussed this matter exhaustively. The position of the Committee is as per the amendment presented by Hon. (Dr) Nyikal. Therefore, you can just put...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, on my own behalf and that of the great people of Endebess, I send my condolences to the family of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to his wife, children, and to my colleague Ruth Odinga, a member of the...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to contribute to the Statement by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It is was a very embarrassing situation when the Head of State stood up to accuse this House. He specifically...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) If Ksh10 million was given, then the person who gave the Ksh10 million must state clearly who he gave that money. That person should account for the Ksh10 million. Where did he take the Ksh10 million and to who? When the Bill was presented...

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

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am standing in for the Leader of the Majority Party. Two weeks is a long period, considering the issue the Hon. Member has raised, particularly given that she has been sleeping in the office for the past three nights. We...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will inform Hon. Melly, Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education. He normally sits right next to me, here.

Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, allow me to join my colleagues in saying pole to you and the people of Kabuchai for the loss of Hon. MCA James Mukhongo. You know, Trans-Nzoia and Bungoma counties are neighbours. Whenever you get problems on the Bungoma side, or we...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. My neighbour here, the Member for Emuhaya, is asking me: “What do you want to do as a House?” As it exists today, KIPRE is a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA) within the Ministry of Health created under a legal...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Yes. The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport (Mr Davis Chirchir) : I will answer that because I have already handled Kitale Swamp. I can just deal with it together with the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) on the road that Hon. John Paul raised....

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) No, it is 99 percent complete. We have people who are supposed to have been compensated, but they are yet to be compensated to date. Hon. Caleb Amisi asked about the people of Matisi and we also have people in Endebess, especially around Soko...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Cabinet Secretary, my question is on the Kitale-Suam Road. It is 99 per cent complete.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I agree with you, Hon. Speaker. You are aware that His Excellency, the President, has stated on several occasions that work on the road will begin soon. I think most recent should have been last month. For those of us from that area, our...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. While we are in Uasin Gishu County, there is a road that goes from Turbo, Tongaren, Babaton, all the way to Kisawai and Endebess, which His Excellency, the President---

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I believe the correct position would be to oppose the Senate amendments to the National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 24 of 2023) . As aptly put by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party in...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Omboko Milemba said he does not know whether KIPRE was involved in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. I wanted to inform him that KIPRE was a key partner in the investigations into COVID-19. Even today, they are...

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

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Yes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Kenya Kwanza Government introduced the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through four Bills that this House passed. As a result, the Social Health Authority (SHA) was launched, which manages three funds, namely: the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Social...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I will move the Motion as it appears in the Order Paper.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you for that amendment. Procedurally, we should have amended it before the debate.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion. The Hon. Sabina Chege states that, therefore, the House resolves that the Government, through the Ministry of Health, implement the Kenya Universal Health Coverage policy 2020- 2030 and introduce a policy on the mandatory use of public...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, at one point, the Government introduced what we call “amenities” within public facilities because it was noted that many Kenyans preferred a cleaner environment and wanted private rooms. These are available within Government institutions. So, this is a matter of individual...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)