Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: When I was the Minister for Planning and National Development, I used to be in- charge of the ACP-EU matters and I attended a number of these meetings. I would like to make a few observations, which no doubt will be reinforced by my friend, Prof. Sam Ongeri who is here. These meetings are extremely important for the nation but the hon. Members who attend these meetings have an added responsibility to the people of Kenya. One, most subject matters in ACP-EU have to do with economic and trade matters. When I was the Minister for Planning and National Development, ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Speaker, when I was the Minister for Planning and National Development, Kenya had not responded to its quota allocation for quite some time and there was danger that it could be reallocated to other countries but we negotiated successfully and restored it. Other than that, I managed to bring to Kenya in the City of Kisumu, the first ACPEU sugar ministries meeting and it was an extremely important meeting that opened the door to many ACP countries who had delegations who had never been to Kenya. This enhances tourism and also the chances that we get allies in ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: What I would request our delegations that go for these meetings; please act as ambassadors or envoys for this nation. Open your eyes to the opportunities that are available and make sure that you win friends that can support Kenya’s proposals and initiatives at these meetings. The subject matter under discussion at any one particular meeting may not always be interesting to our delegations. That does not mean that your participation is unnecessary. It does mean however that it provides you with an opportunity to network and establish other initiatives which being in that meeting itself offers you. Hence, it ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, having said that, it is extremely important for this nation to pressurize our Government and indeed, our institutions like universities and so on, both public and private to help this nation build a capacity in participating in these meetings. The Francophone African countries happen to be better equipped, usually in these meetings by knowing or understanding English. Our delegations from Anglophone speaking countries are less prepared. Somehow, we have been averse to learning foreign languages and, therefore, being better diplomats and participants to these meetings. I would request our delegations to these meetings to make ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: When President Lula da Silva was here, I am quite sure that if we have so many Kenyans who speak Portuguese and hence who could mix very easily and interact much more usefully with their delegation, there would be very few and yet we have two big African nations, Angola and Mozambique which are Luciophone speaking not forgetting Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and so on, which are much smaller nations. So, there is need for our Government which I am part of and our nation to be reinforced by these delegations to make this point because it becomes very useful in ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I would like to record my support for this Report and congratulate our delegations as I have said at the beginning. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to apologize for coming late. I am sorry. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry never allocated Kshs600 million for construction of Marakwet District Hospital in 2004. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (b) There is, therefore, no money to be re-allocated since there was no allocation of the Kshs600 million in the first place. Nonetheless, I would like to give the Member a background to this issue. We, in the Ministry, are aware that there have been proposals to construct Marakwet District Hospital, which are yet to materialize. The District Development Committee (DDC) meeting held in 2003 proposed the construction of the hospital at Kiprabai Forest, but the site was later changed to Cheseweu, which was found to be more suitable. This was done by the DDC’s decision in March, 2005. At ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: As I speak, the building of a full district hospital will cost between Kshs750 million to Kshs1 billion. The development Budget of the Ministry as allocated in this financial year is very little and has to be spread along many other concerns of the Ministry. In as much as we would like to construct this district hospital, we are constrained by the budgetary allocations from the Ministry of Finance. view