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.
27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
purposes for which it is given. The current situation is such that we give conditional grants to counties which sometimes choose not to use them in the hospitals. The Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) and the money generated by the hospitals is also taken back to the counties and it is expected to be spent in the hospitals. Many times, you take your money to the county but it does not come back to the facility.
view
27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
As a country, we do not have a national referral hospital for children. Currently, our children are everywhere. We need to consider that. I want to propose to the Departmental Committee on Health to consider Pumwani Maternity Hospital to be graduated to a national referral hospital for children, so that we have a place where children can go for treatment. Is my time over?
view
27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Finally, let me go to the issue of our personnel. If you read this Report, there is a cross- cutting issue of health workers. They are not enough; they are not motivated or not well paid. It is high time we created a health services commission. It is a debate that has been happening. It is high time we created it so that our health workers can be managed centrally like our teachers and other professionals. There is the issue of one county firing doctors and another one going to another place. There has to be a standard way of ...
view
27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to support the Motion.
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker…
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose this amendment.
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
First of all, I sit in the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. This amendment was never processed though the Labour Committee.
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Secondly, let me make this point. This is Kshs150 million being taken away from a constitutional commission. The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) is a constitutional commission that is going to be grounded if this money is taken away from them. It is being moved to the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) and NGAAF is for 47 counties. If you move Kshs150 million from NGEC, you ground it. But then that money does not…
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
When you divided Kshs100 million by 47 counties, it is Kshs 3 million per county.
view
19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
If we want to beef up NGAAF, let us beef it up in a serious way but not cripple one commission to give us money that is totally negligible and I would be a beneficiary. So, I oppose because it is meant to make Constituency Women Representatives look bad, by doing things that we do not even understand.
view