Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: If you go to our borders either Busia or Arusha, you will see that the Ugandans have computerized their borders. The Tanzanians have also computerized their borders. We are still using precambrian methods of getting people through our borders. This does not help transportation in our country. Let the Ministry of Roads and Public Works work in conjunction with the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons to make transportation between us and our neighbours something which is up todate in the 21st Century. This is the only way the East Africans will respect us, as leaders in ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last time when this Motion was being debated, I listened very carefully to the Mover, Mr. Angwenyi, on the proposal to have a New Deal as a special employment programme for this country. He said that the New Deal should have specific budgetary provision to employ 250,000 people in the public sector, and a similar number in the private sector. While I agree that we should have measures to ensure that unemployment is tackled practically, I do not think that putting a special fund called "the New Deal" would solve the issue. Indeed, it would ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the plan that the Minister for Roads and Public Works had when we entered the Government - when Mr. Raila was the Minister - was to build 150,000 houses for lower income groups in this country. That would have created tremendous jobs for quantity surveyors, civil engineers, masons, carpenters and so on. Many jobs would have been created if the idea of building 150,000 low-income houses in this country was carried out. We know there is demand for housing. But the contrary has happened. The private sector is building houses for very high-income groups. You ... view
• 19 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I quite sympathise with the hon. Assistant Minister. Would I be in order to request him to inform the House what method the Ministry has to check on the authenticity and validity of police statements given to them so that the House can be secure that the report they have can help them solve the problem? view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Education is a very important Ministry. It has been properly lauded for the initiative of providing basic primary education. It should also be lauded for adopting the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Kenya policy of providing free secondary school education. They have not "footnetised"(?) it since we pronounced it. But I commend them for seeing the light and doing what the people of Kenya really need. There is an important issue that I would like to bring to the attention of the Ministry; that is the issue of early childhood development, or what ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Making polytechnics to be "nomads" all the time is not going to help this country. polytechnics have been under all kinds of Ministries since I came to this Parliament. The Ministry of Technical Training, the Ministry of Youth, Women and Sports, Ministry of Labour or the Ministry of Vocational Training. The Ministry of Education is the right home for polytechnics and all tertiary educational institutions. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us put these institutions where they belong and budget for them accordingly, and make life easier for the Minister for Education and his staff. For example, when we are given bursaries for students and we are told that these bursaries should also go to people in tertiary institutions, we have to get data from the Ministry of Education. Then we realise that the polytechnics are under the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs. When you go to the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs, it was just created the other July 18, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY ... view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Media Bill, 2007. I would like to follow in the footsteps of my colleague, Mr. Raila, and make certain remarks about this Bill. This Bill comes at an extremely important time in our history. If you remember well, yesterday on the Order Paper, there was also a proposal by the Minister for Information and Communications to bring an amendment to the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) Act. I believe that the Bill that was read for the First Time yesterday ought to be read ... view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Your son-in-law! view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: It states as follows:- "(a) The fundamental objective of a journalist is to write a fair, accurate and an unbiased story on matters of public interest. All sides of the story shall be reported, wherever possible. Comments should be obtained from anyone who is mentioned in unfavourable context." This is the kind of issue that you do not put into law, because its interpretation can be very subjective. Who, for God's sake, is going to sit in a higher pedestal, as a Government officer, and July 5, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2317 say, "This story that I read today has these ... view