Hon Jayne Njeri Kihara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Dealing with disability is a matter that has been left for the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in this country. The Government should step in and make sure that every child who is able to learn, at whatever level, is taught. It is a problem to get teachers with the special skills to teach the disabled children because even schools for the normal children lack enough teachers. The teachers meant for special education are very important. I support the Motion. Like I said, I can speak the whole day about persons living with disabilities. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues in applauding the amendments in this Bill. As a country, we know that we need to pay taxes. Kenyans are very good people. They are prepared to pay taxes all the time. Allow me to quote in Kiswahili what His Excellency, Mwai Kibaki, once said that: “ Lipa Ushuruujitegemee. ” When we pay taxes, we sustain ourselves as a country. The problem is where the tax goes. Do we want to entertain Kenyans with big headlines of corruption every morning? That is our biggest problem. The Big Four Agenda will ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On universal healthcare, as you are aware, we have brought in doctors from Cuba. We train our doctors but fail to pay them well and so, there is an exodus or a brain drain. We have used our taxes to educate them. I think this is something that the Government needs to relook into, so that universal healthcare can easily be achieved. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As a mother, I want to talk about gambling. I suggest that the Government should create a national rotary where all the money will go to fund Government projects as opposed to gaming, which is everywhere. Our children are stealing our money from the cupboards to bet. They are stealing everything. We have seen the drug menace in this country. Who are bringing these drugs? What do they want with our children? I happened to be out of Parliament for 10 years and as you know, doing business with the Government has become very easy. However, if you do not ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee talked about contracting farmers. You will realise that in this country, women do a lot of work in the farms, get produce, but there is nowhere to take this produce. So, as a country, we should make sure that anything produced in the farm gets a market. Another Big Four Agenda is manufacturing. We have seen factories close for the last many years. For us to open them, we have to make sure that if sugar milling companies have a deficit, they are the ones to import sugar and not individuals who bring in all manner of sugar ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I do not know when we reached a stage where supermarkets can package their own sugar yet they are not millers. Where is this milling being done, such that we have branded sugar in the name of supermarkets? All this is corruption. There is all manner of corruption in this country such that His Excellency President, Uhuru Kenyatta, will have no legacy to talk about if we do not tame corruption. As a country, we need to emphasis on educating our children. Yes, we now have free primary and secondary education, but it is not as free as we think ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report and congratulate the team that worked on it. It is unfortunate that we have to discuss KNH where a grave mistake has happened. This is what has been happening in KNH for a long time. I took a patient to KNH and we got there at 2.00 O’clock in the afternoon. After being in very many long queues, we got out of there the following morning at 6.00 O’clock. When you get to the casualty with a very sick patient, you are the one to look for a ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: on the stretcher. If you get one without a stand, you are the one to hold the drip. I did not know that when the drip is not held high up, blood is drawn from the patient. It is highly stressing to be at KNH. In fact, I wanted to write a book after spending a day there because of what I went through. You are there with an ailing patient, queuing in a clinic with no doctor. Doctors are very few. The staff is overworked. Like everybody is saying, this is the time to address health issues in this ... view