Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: well. If he has entered into a system where people cannot respect seniority, then let him step down. With those remarks, I support this Bill. view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. Before I say anything, on behalf of my constituency of Likuyani, let me pass our condolences to the families of our soldiers who passed away in southern Somalia recently. Secondly, I am very puzzled that we are now talking about hunger and lack of maize and other foodstuff yet just two or three months ago when we were harvesting maize in the North Rift and parts of Western Kenya, the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) gave very low prices. Farmers demonstrated and the Government said it had raised prices ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: moment. We have just talked about our soldiers who are in Somalia, doctors who are on strike and the whole health sector is in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). You could talk about corruption and over-borrowing. Time has come for us to slow down the campaigns that are going on. We need to sober up as a country. We need to come together and have a very serious national conversation as to what is happening in this country. Like the old saying goes, it is only a fool who does things the same way and expects different results. We have been ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support the amendment to the PPP Act. The concept of devolution in this country has taken roots but I think along the way, we have missed certain steps. I believed and I still do that devolution was meant to do two things. One, bring resources closer to the people, two, look at what is locally available in terms of natural resources and find a way how this can be exploited for the benefit of creating wealth for that county and secondly, for the benefit of creating employment opportunities for our ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: If we bring in the concept of PPPs in our counties that this amendment seeks to do, we will probably start looking at the aspect of exploiting our natural resource. This is because each county has certain resources which can be exploited. If you look at the Coast, you will find that we have the ocean; if you look at Nyanza, you will find that we have Lake Victoria; and if you look at Kakamega which is my county, you will find that we have the famous hills, Kakamega Forest and River Nzoia which borders us with Bungoma and Busia ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Most counties, as we speak now, probably do not have enough financial resources to exploit the natural resources but once we bring in private partners to partner with county governments, this will go along a way in the exploitation of the natural resources. Finally, let me just touch on two other things. One, it is very sad that we are now on the 52nd day and the doctors are still on strike. This is the case and yet this is a devolved function. It is even sadder that our country is going through devastating drought and hunger and yet agriculture ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a country, it is high time we re-examined ourselves and asked if the counties are really capable of running health, agriculture and water sectors. We need to start those conversations moving forward. Hopefully, you and I, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, will come back in the 12th Parliament. We need to sit down and see whether we can start thinking about amending this Constitution. As a medical doctor, I feel very strongly that it was wrong to devolve health function to counties. I think this function should come back to the national Government so that doctors ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: I just wanted to touch on that because these are functions which are devolved and should be catered for by counties but it is like they have lifted their hands and left them to the national Government. If that is the case, let us bring it with its legs, feet, head, neck and everything to the national Government. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this Bill. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view