Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I would also like to speak on the issue that has been spoken to, namely, capping of bank interest rates. I would like to support the position that many of the Members have taken. As an SME, to borrow in this country is near impossible. In Homa Bay, we have a Sacco called Homa Bay County Women Sacco and we were told that you can get some money from the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF). For you to get the money, you have to go and get a bank guarantee from a bank. We went to our bank and asked them ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I support wholly that we are not scrapping the cap on interest rates. I thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for standing with Kenyans on this matter. Our experiences are painful on this matter. So, banks should welcome SMEs even if they want to lend all their money to the Government as was mentioned by our serious senior former Minister for Finance, Hon. Kimunya. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: As much as we speak about sin taxes, and I have heard many Members speak about the sin taxes and being an easy place to go, surely some of these sins, like betting is a choice that is bringing down our children. Let me tell you a sad thing, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Even if you go to the parking here, you will see that our drivers have a piece of paper. The whole day, they are betting. In the villages, everybody is betting all the time. Surely, we must do something. Even if you talk about alcohol, if you ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I thank you for this opportunity. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your indulgence on this matter. In fact, on the matter of implementation, Hon. Martin was very much in order. Implementation should not result in reports. What is the result of implementation? We should see results rather than coming back to debate reports on how those things have not been implemented. With regard to this Report, I thank the Departmental Committee on Health very much for a very well-done Report. Each recommendation is time-bound. Within three months, we expect the National Treasury to do this. Within six months, we expect the Ministry ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: There is one thing that has been raised in that Report about halfway homes where people who have left Mathari, but are still unable to integrate back into society can go. Who will work in those halfway homes? A lot has also been said about our social systems. We are talking about social workers, but as a Parliament, we have not yet passed legislation that regulates social work. Who is a social worker? Is it a person who has a degree, a diploma or a certificate in social work? Who is an accredited social worker in this country? view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will bring a Bill to regulate social work so that we know who is an accredited social worker. This will make a person not to get out of his house, go to a college on top of a bar somewhere and then be given one month’s training called social work and then he leaves and requests to be hired as a social worker. Social work is a profession just like any other. Just like doctors have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, clinical officers have their board and engineers have their law, social workers ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Let me come back to our health facilities. The national referral facilities or the Level 6 facilities that we currently have are Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, KNH, Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital and National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital. Since we passed the Constitution 2010, we have not passed legislation on national referral facilities that give guidelines on what constitutes them. We only assume that these are the referral facilities. Many Members have said that we should add Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital or the Coast Provincial General Hospital as national referral facilities. We need legislation which covers the standards ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Member for Turkana South said that there is no reason to limit referral hospitals. We devolved to 47 counties. There is no reason why our Level 5 hospitals cannot all become referral hospitals, if we put in place those standards that I was speaking about previously. There is the funding that goes to the counties for purposes of hospitals. There is no reason why the capitation or the conditional grants should be taken to the county governments. If we have standards and facilities, this money should go directly to the facilities involved so that they spend it for The ... view