Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this important Bill. This Bill is important in several ways. First, it emphasizes on the importance of training. Training is about capacity building. The Bill talks about training that is undertaken before one starts to practise, and continuous regular training while on the practice for continuous improvement. Training will ensure that the practice of clinical medicine is kept alive and updated with the new emerging technologies and change in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: medicine. In my view, training and capacity building are important. Most of the clinical officers operate in the rural areas. They offer very good services to members of the communities who cannot afford the services of doctors. The doctors only operate in big cities like Nairobi and Kisumu. In Gichugu, we have about three doctors in the whole constituency. Rural communities in Kenya depend on the services of clinical officers. The Clinical Officers Council of Kenya is an association that pulls the clinical officers together. They will use that forum to ventilate issues of concern that they may want to ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: sector - coming to the forefront and leading those negotiations to find a solution. I do not think the doctors we have in Kenya are blatantly adamant. If they are given an offer in a respectable and dignified manner, I am sure they would be willing to go back to work as we find more and more of what they want and fulfil their demands. As it is now, people are dying. In fact, as I was coming here this morning, I was called by one of my constituents from Gachami area in Gichugu who told me that her daughter’s ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I would like to support this Policy Paper on slum upgrading and quickly inform the House that the world is rapidly urbanising and by 2050, 70 per cent of Kenyans will be living in urban areas. One of the reasons slums exist is because of poor economic status. I hope this is going to be addressed. I can see my time is lapsing, but this policy will be binding and we will have mechanism of implementing it to the letter, so that we do not see a repeat scenario of slums ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Report. I want to appreciate the fact that you recognise my debating skills both in and out of Parliament, especially on TV supporting Jubilee, and Hon. Wamalwa supporting the National Super Alliance (NASA). I support this Report from three fronts: First, it is my personal knowledge of Dr. Jane Wangui Kiringai, whom I have known since her first year at the university. I have worked with her in the academic journey until she got her PhD in Economics, after getting several Master’s Degrees. She is self-made. She ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: In terms of integrity, no issues were raised against her. She is visionary and is going to offer good leadership to CRA. In terms of experience, it is always important for people working for Kenya to have experience with our development partners. I am happy to learn that Dr. Jane has worked in senior positions at the World Bank, European Union and Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) - an important research institution in Kenya. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: She has worked as a senior economist at the National Treasury. I am sure she understands how that institution works. That will be an added advantage for her. Hon. Wamalwa said that Dr. Jane should first consider increasing the percentage of revenue allocated to counties. As the Member for Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, I am of the opinion that Dr. Jane Kiringai and the team should look at the formula used to divide money amongst counties. For the last four years, counties like Kirinyaga, with high populations and which pay a lot of taxes, have found themselves allocated little money because ... view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to make my brief remarks on the Privatisation (Amendment) Bill of 2016. Before anything else, I would like to say that I support the Bill. However, as I support it, there are some glaring issues which should be corrected through some amendments so that the Bill can conform to the will of the Kenyan people. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to make my brief remarks on the Privatisation (Amendment) Bill of 2016. Before anything else, I would like to say that I support the Bill. However, as I support it, there are some glaring issues which should be corrected through some amendments so that the Bill can conform to the will of the Kenyan people. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view