Caleb Amisi Luyai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Bill. First of all, allow me to express my praise for Hon. Wanga for she always brings very progressive Bills in this Parliament. This is one of them at this point in time when we are tackling a global scourge of Coronavirus. I believe that cancer is more devastating and deadly than Coronavirus. Most of us have been able to escape COVID-19 by social distancing and sanitising. But we cannot do the same for cancer. We may keep a social distance, ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Early last year, our colleague succumbed to cancer. I had a chance of visiting him in Paris, France. He told me that if he were in Kenya at that point in time, when he sought medication in France, he would have died a long time ago. In Kenya, they were treating him for liver and kidney problems. Little did they know that those were early signs of cancer. So, if there were proper prevention means, maybe we could have saved our brother. But because of lack of knowledge and technical knowhow on how to prevent and control cancer we did ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We need to start looking for ways and means of handling the situation. Every country is now on its own and every country is finding out means and ways of controlling this global scourge. As a country, we cannot be left as contributors. Most Members of Parliament contribute money on a daily basis to cases of cancer patients either locally or those seeking medication abroad. We cannot just be left as contributors after the effects. We need to look at how to prevent even if it means going to our traditional way of treating patients Traditional medicine has proved to ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the time to second this Health (Amendment) Bill 2019. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, from the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights, everyone has the right to… view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the Constitution, it is stipulated that every Kenyan citizen has the right to the highest attainable standards of health. It is a fundamental duty of the State to observe, respect and promote this important right. With the special interest as a Parliament of peoples’ representatives, it is imperative upon us to legislate the best way to enable the highest attainment of these standards. If you look at this Amendment Bill with special interest on Clause 4, it states: ‘A public health facility that refers a patient to a health institution outside the country shall ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, this Bill also gives the mandate to the Health CS to develop policy guidelines in consultation with stakeholders in the health sector, something that has not been happening previously. Consulting with the other health sectors that are more experienced ensures best available options are observed and adhered to, which will ultimately give better results. With those few remarks, and because of the time since I have too many points which we shall deliberate on further during the debate, I now beg to second the Health (Amendment) Bill 2019. I thank you. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for granting me this opportunity to add my voice. First, I thank the Committee for working very hard at this unprecedented time to deliver this Report. I support this Report but with caution. On matters transport, I would like to say that one of the catalysts for economic development for a country such as Kenya that depends on agriculture and tourism is to support infrastructure and road networks. As we talk about the Big Four Agenda on manufacture or local production, emphasis must be on a proper plan on how we can develop the overall infrastructure ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to put my mask aside for a while. I have been waiting patiently throughout last week to no avail, but, at least, I learnt the trick of being an early bird and I have caught your eye. The 2010 Constitution was heavily borrowed from other advanced democracies jurisdiction. We do not, as a country, exist in vacuum. We are in a global setup where we learn from other nations, and a good example is Switzerland. Switzerland has a very interesting model of rotational presidency, and they aligned this to their distinct multilingual and ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: There is also a proposal of creating a Youth Commission. Our earlier suggestion was to make it a full-fledged Ministry, but nevertheless, this was a step towards the right direction because the Youth Commission will be in charge of formulating policies that will enable the young people that make the 70 per cent of our population to participate in the art and craft of nation building. The legislative proposals on Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act is also an exciting proposal because we have lost so much as a nation through the graft musketeers. It is time to tighten our laws ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I hope you will give me those minutes back. I am using the word “consume” because it is actually what happened. I consumed. The teargas was thrown right inside my car. I am using that word carefully to capture the magnitude of the scenario and what we went through. I was a consumer of teargas. view