Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: and restructured because it does not meet the requirements of the devolved units. Something needs to be done. Therefore, I would like the Cabinet Secretary for Health to streamline and restructure the KEMSA, so that it fits in the Kenyan context. Kenya is the last in East Africa, in terms of the health budget. You will be surprised that Rwanda allocates 11 per cent of her GDP to health while Kenya is at the bottom, allocating only 4.5 per cent. No wonder people are dying in the rural areas and in poor urban areas. They cannot access medical services. We ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I think my good friend, hon. Langat, was asleep because I was referring to the 2013/2014 Budget. Anyway, we are now past that particular aspect. I thank him for the point of order because he has woken up. Hon. Speaker, when health workers are transferred to the counties, they face hostility and sometimes they are not promoted because some county leaders feel that they own the counties. This is an issue which this Committee should sort out, so that anybody can work anywhere and feel at home. The establishment of the Health Service Commission was one of the ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is lack of coordination between the Ministry and the counties. I am happy that the very able Chairlady, Dr. Nyamai, has alluded to this matter. I know that the matter will be addressed, because she talked about it. Let it be addressed. The state of health in Kitui County is pathetic. Starting with Kawi Health Centre, most of the time the facility does not have medicines. A van that was allocated to the health centre has been taken to Kitui District Hospital. Therefore view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Bill. I want to say that this Bill is the legal document that will actualize the Budget for 2014/2015. I also want to say that it is an ambitious Budget. The irony of it is, while it is very good work that has been put in and it seems to address most of the problems that affect this country, the big question is, where the other Kshs350 billion will come from, because there is a financing gap? We floated the Euro Bond but ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: This Budget should have addressed the problem of cost of living for the poor. The cost of living is too high; people are suffering and life is very difficult. We should have stopped taxing fuel; when you tax petroleum products and the Government takes a lot of money from a litre, the cost of living goes up. This is because we manufacture using fuel and people travel. We should exempt petroleum products from tax. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this country has exceeded the borrowing capacity. This is because we have borrowed Kshs2.2 trillion. That represents 52.1 per cent of our GDP. The World Bank has advised Kenya not to keep on increasing public debt. This is because it will reach a time when it will be very difficult to pay even the interest. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: While we are happy that when we floated the Euro Bond many people showed interest, which is good for this country, we should also worry about the growing public debt because that is what can put our economy in disarray. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: The Budget and Appropriation Committee forgot to include the Kitui-Kibwezi Road it the Budget. I am happy that they have included in it a road to Masai Mara National Reserve, which brings in a lot of revenue. However, the Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi- Mau up to Ethiopia Road is very important because that is where the minerals are. For your information, Kitui County has more coal, iron ore and limestone than all the oil that Tullow Oil Company has found in Turkana. This is the case yet the road network there is poor. The Budget and Appropriations Committee should look into this. They ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very good to be food-secure in this country. It is good that a little has been allocated to agriculture. However, the Maputo Declaration requires that every country invests 10 per cent of its budget in agriculture. We have now invested less than 1 per cent. Let the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which is very efficient; look into that and put more money into agriculture. It is only by doing that, that the economy will grow by double digits. Agriculture employs more than 50 per cent of our workforce. It also produces more than 50 ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: make the best cars; examples are Lamborghini, Monte Cario, Veyron, Ferraris and so on. They specialize in the manufacture of these very beautiful cars. They also prize them very well. So, the Italians are sure that they will get money. Look at other countries. You need to do a SWOT analysis to find out what is important for Kenya and what we can do better than others, so as to move to the next level in industrialization. The West lost economic dominance to the East, which has countries like China, India, Malaysia and others, because they said that they did ... view