Gladys grew up in a political family. Her father the late John Nyasuna, was a councillor and chairperson of Kisumu County Council. Gladys emulated him and developed interest in politics at an early age. In 2003, when at Kenyatta University she became the first female to be elected as the Secretary General of the Student’s Union. After University she remained active in politics and engaged in ODM party politics while still working in LVCT Health. In her term of service, she seeks empowerment of women and youth and education for the girl child. In parliament, Gladys spearheaded the formation of the Information and Public Communication committee.
13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
matter. If the Chairman can agree with you and the Report can be amended and cleaned-up so that we do not act in vain, as you raised, then, that will be in order.
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13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
There are other recommendations, including the matters of holding people personally liable. We were in the process of dealing with a special audit of the Auditor-General that was thoroughly conducted. The Auditor-General went to Japan, UAE and UK to find out if three companies had actually provided the right information. They found that these companies had given very wrong information. When they came back, they proposed debarment in their report. How were we interacting with KEBS at this point? We had invited them to respond to the issues that had arisen in the special audit. By the time they came, ...
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13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, some of these recommendations go to the very heart of how some of these people are working in this institution. Sometimes, they say they do not know but sometimes, they actually know what they are doing.
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13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, whatever way you rule today, it is important that the House interacts with the special audit report by the Auditor-General that provided damning issues. The Public Procurement Oversight Authority told us, when we invited them, that the only reason they had not debarred these companies was because of lack of regulations. Therefore, we said that when the regulations are put in place, they should be debarred. We should not let them off the hook just because when this was happening, the regulations were not in place. It was not that there were no provisions for debarment. It is ...
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13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I agree with the amendment by the Departmental Committee on Health as explained by Hon. Nyikal. It makes the Bill better. Thank you.
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8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Again, I want to thank the Committee for that very useful addition. We were at risk of excluding some cadres and, therefore, with this, even emerging cadres will now fit rather than trying to exhaust the list within the Bill. So, I agree and support the amendment. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady.
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8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 65 of 2019), and its approval thereof with amendments.
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8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
( Question proposed)
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8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the Whole House.
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