Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank all the Members who have contributed, particularly the Chairman of the Committee on Health. Those contributions have been very good and we take them into account. I would also like to thank the Ministry officials and the parastatal heads who have done very well in running the Ministry with me, particularly, my Permanent Secretary, Ms. Mary Ngari, CBS, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. Kimani and all the officials of the Ministry. I just want to mention a few things that have been mentioned here. I will take hon. Ogindo’s ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee of Supply doth report to the House its consideration of the Resolutions on the various Votes as listed in the Order Paper and its approval of the same without amendment. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee of Supply in the said Resolutions. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will undertake to inform the Minister about the Question on the Order Paper. But I do believe that because there is a Cabinet Meeting at 12.00 p.m. and there was a special issue the Minister was handling, maybe that is the reason he is not here. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I requested to make a Statement to the House on the issue of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). As you know, there has been a lot of public debate in the recent two weeks on the NHIF regarding the publication in the KenyaGazette of the new contributions to the Fund. This has been a genuine concern. Hon. Members know that quite frequently, they have themselves, approached the Minister to waive hospital fees for patients in various hospitals and this, perhaps, is one of the reasons why NHIF has been studying, over a long period ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale, in his contribution to the House requested the Minister--- view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is just one of the issues. But there has been a lot of discussions by the public, through the Press and even editorials in the newspapers requesting that the Minister makes clear what is happening in the NHIF. I discussed with the Speaker yesterday and he assured me that I should make this Statement this morning. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just mentioned Dr. Khalwale as one of the interested parties. It is not the principal reason why I am making this Statement. I am making this Statement in--- view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am making this Ministerial Statement as the Minister for Medical Services. I only mentioned that when I was watching television reporting parliamentary debates, Dr. Khalwale also mentioned the issue in the House. When I discussed this issue with the Speaker, I drew his attention--- view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members will recall that in 2004 the Government presented to this House a Bill on National Social Health Insurance in Kenya with the main aim of providing quality health-care to all Kenyans. This Bill never came into law because there were issues that were thought not to have been fully considered; more importantly, its sustainability within the Kenyan situation was doubted. As a result of this setback, the then Ministry of Health in 2007 invited stakeholders to discuss and agree on how to develop a more sustainable medium to long- term health-care financing strategy that ... view