Andrew Toboso Anyanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: In villages in this country in the evening, young students and small children have a lot of problems even doing their revision because they cannot afford the cost of buying paraffin to put into their little lanterns that they can use for studying. A lot of schools in Kenya fall in total darkness in the evening. Students cannot undertake either evening or morning preparations. This has also affected performance in schools and yet we know that with deployment of cheap, clean and sustainable energy like solar, most of our schools can actually be powered, not only for lighting purposes, but ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have also had cases in the past where nuclear reactor plants have been a target of terrorist attacks. We know, for example, that during the Iran /Iraq war in the 1980s, one of the main targets was actually the nuclear reactors. We also know that in 1979 in Spain and in 1991 in Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) targeted the nuclear reactor plants for attack. My fear is that being a country prone to terrorist attack, having a nuclear plant in Kenya would probably just be exposing ourselves to terrorists in terms of how ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, as I conclude, I want to urge that the Government shifts from developing the nuclear energy and seriously invests in sustainable green energy. I thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. Just to add my voice, I think what we need to understand also is that, as a nation, we have got 47 county governments and each of those county governments are having their own challenges with regard to the implementation of the health services at the county level. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will give an example. In my own county of Kakamega, I think the level of service delivery in the health sector is far better than it was when the service was under the Central Government. I think the challenge now is that we have got 47 institutions that do not have similar capacities to devolve a function which, unfortunately, was devolved at the same time. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore I think to add to what my colleagues have said in this House, we need to relook at the whole concept of devolving those functions and go systematically based on the capacity of each county to implement the kind of services that they are supposed to devolve. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, but just to add my voice also to the state of most of the public health facilities in this country, I think it is very pathetic. That is not only the rural health facilities but even if we took a walk to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) today, which is the biggest public facility in Kenya, you will be shocked at the kind of situation that most of the patients, particularly in the general wards, are actually staying in. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, when we talk about the health sector not having been given enough attention, it is a fact that for 50 years since Independence, I think this is one of those sectors that were never given enough attention and, therefore, we need to relook at it again. Since health is a basic human right in our Constitution, we need to relook at the kind of structures we need to create so that we do not have a satiation where Kenyans are living in pathetic situations. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Bill. As a country since the year 2008, we have taken a very aggressive path of achieving Vision 2030. One of the key pillars of Vision 2030 is the economic pillar where the financial services constitute a very strong flagship project under the economic pillar. Hon. Speaker, Sir, going per the history of this country and I being one of the victims of financial institutions that went under with our deposits, it is important to look at this Bill keenly. I remember in the year 1997, hardly two years after my ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: savings which the Government can borrow from and which will also increase the returns in terms of what is paid out in Treasury Bills and Bonds. That naturally will also challenge the banks to pay better rates on fixed deposits. Most of the people who fix their money through those kinds of instruments hardly make any form of reasonable returns on their investments. Therefore, the idea of having a very strong financial and fiscal discipline in an economy through having some kind of an insurance system that ensures that all depositors are guaranteed of their savings goes a long way ... view