Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: reason is that we have allowed export of scrap metal. The countries that import from us produce steel products at cheaper cost. Those who allow exportation of the same produce steel products at a higher cost because they find themselves with raw materials deficit. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said many times that in Kenya, we have the Numerical Machine Complex, which has a very big foundry for converting scrap metal into steel. Let us use scrap metal to make the Numerical Machine Complex very active. It will employ our people and produce steel at cheaper costs. We will ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Today, we are talking about the cost of living; let us embrace manufacturing of steel because we have a very active building industry. Houses are being built in Nairobi every now and then and in all other urban centers and also in the rural areas. We have to manufacture our own things and I am happy that we have local industries producing our own steel here but we have to modernize them. Now that iron ore has been found in Kitui County, Taveta and Kilifi, let us use this to manufacture and export. I do not want us to start ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This country is very lucky. In what is referred to as Mui Basin in the county of Kitui, we have the best coal in the world called Lignite Coal; a lot of it more than any other place in Africa. We have also the biggest deposits of limestone and iron ore along the same Mui Basin. These are all ingredients for heavy industry for this country to take off. All we need is infrastructure and good arrangement with local population so that they are not ripped off the minerals that God put there. The local people need to get their ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: share and if we start manufacturing, as this Bill supports, we will stop the exportation of scrap metal. This country will take off, move forward and even attract more foreign direct investment because there will be availability of steel. The construction industry depends on steel and concrete, which we have in plenty. If you take a country like Japan that does not have iron ore deposits, they recycle the vehicles and other equipment that they make to manufacture very beautiful cars and gadgets for trade. What do the Japanese use to succeed? They use the human capacity and available materials ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion which I support. There is a crisis in the health sector. Devolution of health services was rushed instead of it being phased out and now it has faced challenges. That is why we are seeing its operation in the county being difficult. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to say that the Constitution, in Article 187(1)(2) provide a criterion to be used in the transfer of functions between the two levels of Government. I think devolution of health services should not have been rushed to avoid the problems we are facing today. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: We face serious challenges in the health sector. One of the biggest challenges is the suffering of the rural poor in rural areas. I want to say that 78 per cent of Kenyans live in rural areas and it is only 22 per cent that live in urban centres. The best health care facilities are located in urban areas where only 22 per cent of Kenyans live. In the rural areas, people have to trek very many kilometres to reach health facilities, where services are poor. As Members of the National Assembly, our constituents come to us for transport to ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is a big problem of understaffing in Government-owned health centres. We have 16 doctors and 153 nurses for every 100,000, as opposed to global standards of 100 doctors and 356 nurses for every 100,000 people. This situation has led to insufficient health care services in Kenya, leading to catastrophic effects. The 488 per 100 births maternal mortality rate is unacceptable. These are the findings of the Kenya Bureau of Statics of a Kenya demographic and health survey of 2010. These statistics are unacceptable, especially given that Kenya has been independent for over 50 years. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I have been to very many hospitals. Health workers in both public and private hospitals are underpaid. Paramedical staff, doctors, nurses, security men and other people who work in the health services sector are the most poorly paid employees. I am very happy because I am facing one of the crusaders of the oppressed and downtrodden Kenyans, hon. Muchai, who is a true fighter for the freedoms and rights of poor Kenyans. I would like hon. Muchai to hear what I am saying to Kenyans in this House. Hon. Speaker, let the salaries of health workers in both public and ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: We also have a big problem in classification of the national referral hospitals and the county health facilities. These are issues which should be addressed, so that we know which ones are national referral hospitals. We have now devolved health services. The lack of clarity in this matter is causing some teething problems, which should be addressed. Hon. Speaker, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health talked about the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). The KEMSA has to be reformed The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view