Eric Muchangi Njiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support this Bill. I want to start by thanking the Leader of the Majority Party for this very good Bill. This Bill seeks to bring an enabling environment for businesspersons, that is, local and international businesspeople. This country has a very huge population of young people many of whom are very creative and full of energy. However, it is important to note that majority of these young people are jobless. So, a better environment for business gives them an opportunity to indulge in business activities, grow themselves and create opportunities ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to add my voice. From the onset, I support this Bill. This is the most important stage in a child’s life in the area of education. There is need for us to standardise the manner in which early childhood education is managed in this country. You will find that one county manages ECDE differently from another. That does not give all the children in this country an equal playing ground in this area. This law comes at a very important time, so that we can have a clear law that will ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: 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
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, why are you continuing to allow Members to speak without putting on their masks? view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: It is Muchangi. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to contribute to the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President. 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
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I thank him for the Address. I was seated here listening to the plans His Excellency the President has for this country. My attention was drawn to the issue of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which seeks to restore dignity to our people so that they will not need to sell their land to pay hospital bills and that our people will not forgo food so as to buy medicine. That is a good thing. I have said in this House in the past that a health nation is a wealthy nation. I was happy to hear that the President’s ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: The moment the NHIF charges were raised to Kshs500 so many Kenyans, and particularly the very poor ones, were unable to continue paying the Kshs500 because they had to decide whether to buy food or to pay for the NHIF coverage. I believe UHC programme will help our people. They will not have to suffer because they lack Kshs500 to pay to the NHIF. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: There is also need to have a health services commission like we have the Teachers Service commission (TSC) so that issues to do with health are streamlined at the national and county levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many challenges that we have in our country with regard to healthcare services. I believe a health services commission would streamline the management of public health institutions so that our doctors do not continue to suffer. I remember yesterday I was in a discussion with one of the doctors who is my friend, and he was telling me that apart from people ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, I was very happy to hear that His Excellency the President intends to transform the lives of young people from earners of wages to owners of capital. This is very possible. It is possible for our young people to employ themselves. However, the reality is that we have very many challenges in this country. When young people want to start businesses, they are discouraged by the very high levies charged by the Government. They are also harassed every day. An example is the boda boda sector, which has employed over 1.2 million young people. However, these people suffer every ... view