Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Ruto should not misinform the House. I said that information reaching us alleges that the stoning incident was stage managed. I proceeded to say that whether stage managed or not, I resolutely condemn any form of stoning by anybody in the Republic of Kenya. But the fact that there are already allegations that the stoning was stage managed is worth investigating. The Statement the Member is demanding will help the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to give us the facts. As far as I am ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. My dear friend, hon. Shakeel, I quite often do not follow his logic, especially yesterday but that is beside the point. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me first thank hon. Maina Kamau for bringing this Motion to Parliament. Let me also thank the Departmental Committee on Health for drafting the Cancer Bill. These are extremely important steps that are going to help us in the Ministry to go a long way. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: However, let me first of all give some information. First, we have continuously engaged the Treasury on the financial needs in the Ministry; the Treasury has all the information really on what financial constraints we are facing. Just about two weeks ago, there was a major meeting between the Treasury technocrats and all of our technocrats. We put forth the financial needs of the Ministry and all our parastatals. So, that information is available in the Treasury. In the Ministry, our hope is that they are looking at it very carefully and noting that health is a fundamental need of ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, let me also say that if we were to have another disaster today like the Nakumatt and Sinai fire disasters, our health system will not be able to cope. First, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), which receives all the victims, including our recent victims from our problem in Somalia, gives treatment but they do not get any funds to support the services they give. So, KNH is up to the ceiling in debt. These are facts that Kenyans should know. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think this House must be informed as, indeed, it is the representative of the people, that in the health sector in terms of service delivery, given the scarcity of resources, we are sitting on the precipice of disaster, unless we respond effectively. So, as a Minister my responsibility is to give information from well informed sources and make sure that we take appropriate action, both as a House and as a Government. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the incidence of cancer is increasing globally and, particularly, nationally, and Members of Parliament have made that observation today. In Kenya, at least 82,000 are diagnosed with cancer every year, and at least 22,000 of those pass on. One of the reasons why there is a very high incidence of cancer is because of opportunistic diseases that attack HIV/AIDS patients, particularly Kaposi’s sarcoma, which is a very common cancer that affects such patients. The HIV has also complicated the prevalence of cancer in the nation; but more than that, as hon. Ethuro has pointed out, lifestyle changes. Previously, this ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, as hon. Ethuro said, if you go to the urban areas today most of expectant mothers do not eat green vegetables and, therefore, they lack folic acid; when they lack folic acid, they are likely to give birth to babies with hydrocephalus, which is another very difficult condition to deal with among children; it is a very big disaster to our health system, especially among children. So, we need to tackle this thing also from another point of view of tackling issues of poverty and access to health care in general. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, fourthly, this Motion calls upon the Government not only to have a proper health policy but also to have proper laws and a national cancer strategy and make sure that there is access to treatment. More than that, we should also, as many people have observed in the House today, let Kenyans know how to prevent cancer by taking the first line of action at a personal level; what hon. Ethuro called “a health seeking behavior”. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this public health issue of educating our people in schools, radios and newspapers, I must commend our media on this. Our media, of late both the print and electronic Press, has been very active in educating Kenyans about cancer. A week does not pass before any of our dailies publishes a story about cancer. This is very good. This is the kind of public education that we need; but we need to take it further to schools and communities. We, in the African Cancer Foundation have taken up the responsibility of publishing simple sheets giving ... view