Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill of Rights in this Constitution has been applauded and I want to applaud it. That is because, in spite of any other thing, it is so detailed and elaborate that I think Kenyans will, for the first time, have their rights well enshrined in a Constitution. One of the biggest problems of the Independence Constitution was that, although it was so good in the rights of individuals, it was not so good in the rights of communities once the regional aspect of it was removed. The regions then and the senate were meant to ... view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many people who stood today, including my sister, Dr. Kosgei, said that we can devolve the system of government by using the present administrative system that we have. The present administrative system has been used more by the Office of the President than the people. We want that system to be used now to operationalize this aspect of the Bill of Rights. That is why I am appealing to my fellow colleagues: Let us use the system that we have; the national government, the provincial government and the counties to operationalize what is in this Constitution ... view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Further on, in the implementation of rights and the fundamental freedoms, Article 21(4) says: “The State shall enact and implement legislation to fulfill its international obligation in respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.” The Kenyan State, the Republic of Kenya, is a signatory to the African Charter on Human Rights and Individual Rights that was signed in Arusha. I was party to the drawing up of that Charter. If, indeed, we are faithful to that Charter, then we must be faithful to a system of government that implements that particular aspect of our Bill of Rights. view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Further on, on 21(1), the enforcement of the Bill of Rights, the Constitution says: “Every person has the right to institute court proceedings claiming that a right of fundamental freedom in the Bill of Rights has been denied, violated, infringed or is threatened.” view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: We will be much better off when we are implementing community rights as said here. After the constitution comes into force and we are not devolving funds systematically to the devolved units; and we do not have a proper system to ensure that community rights are implemented, a Kenyan will stand up and claim this particular aspect of our constitution. So, this constitution is so carefully constructed to ensure that the Bill of rights is implemented and respected. I could go on and on and point out certain aspects of rights and fundamental freedoms that directly relate to the architecture ... view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I remember Mwai Kibaki, then the Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Planning, was at Alliance High School and a Form Three student asked him: “Mr. Parliamentary Secretary, you KANU people were in London and negotiated for the new Constitution and you brought us the Majimbo Constitution. Since we know that KANU was opposed to the Majimbo Constitution, what are you going to do about it?”. I remember very clearly he told us in no uncertain terms, “we shall break it”. They did break it, by denying them resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us not cheat ourselves that when we ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that the cancer detection and treatment machine at the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu is presently not in use due to lack of trained personnel to operate it. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (b) A doctor from the Nyanza Province is currently attached to the Kenyatta National Hospital’s Radiotherapy Unit to be trained on how to operate the machine. On completion of the training, the doctor will be deployed to operationalize the machine at the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital. Thereafter, more personnel will receive similar attachment training before being deployed to strengthen the technical work force at the New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Member for Kisumu Town West is right. This machine was installed at the Nyanza Provincial Hospital in 1992. However, it was not commissioned for lack of technical personnel. One other problem is that of view