Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, are we debating standards in industry or about taxation in industries? If we are debating about standards in industries, then the 3560 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 9, 2006 hon. Member for Gatundu North is right. However, if we are debating about taxation, then the issue of standards does not arise. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have noticed a very dangerous trend in law-making in this House. It does seem to me as if the Finance Bill is not being made as a general regulation, but as something that is particularised, especially when Ministers respond to hon. Members on this side on the basis of who owns what industry. That is a very dangerous trend. I would plead to the Government to desist from particularising law-making and make law- making what it should be; the rule of law. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. The CBK is a very important institution. When a proposal like this is being made, we cannot rush to make decisions. Is the Minister in order to state in this House that practices elsewhere show that there are chairmen and governors of the CBK? Could he explain to us who chairs the Allan Greenspan's Federal Reserve Bank? view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This a very important Question. Would it be in order for me to request the Assistant Minister to bring to this House a Sessional Paper on heroes? This will enable us to discuss the concept of heroism and give the Government direction as to how to implement this Heroes Day. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many years ago the Kenyan Government sunk about Kshs1 billion into the development of the Bura Irrigation Scheme. When I was the Chairman of the Public Investments Committee in mid-1990s this project was dead, except for the infrastructure. This is a very important Question. Could the Assistant Minister inform the hon. Member, and this House, what steps the Government has taken to revive the Bura Irrigation Scheme and how that dove-tails to the food security strategy in Bura Constituency? view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, given the on-going crisis in the national universities; noting the contradictory statements given by the Government in Parliament and at various Press briefings; realising that there is an urgent need to promote dialogue that will help solve the crisis within the bounds of law; and, in the interest of the public good, this House doth now adjourn to discuss this crisis at the public universities, occasioned by the strike of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) as a matter of national importance in accordance to Standing No.20. Mr. Temporary Deputy ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: The parties involved in this crisis are the Government of Kenya, in particular the Ministry of Education, UASU which has a membership of 3,500 members, the university councils of the various public universities, the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum and the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), which as an umbrella organisations of trade unions, has an interest in this matter. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the genesis of this problem rests in the history of the public university system in this country. In the 1960s and 1970s, the conditions of service--- view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem of lecturers has got a historical background. In the 1960s and 1970s, the terms and conditions of service at the university were reasonable--- view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the current crisis at the public universities has a long historical background. In the 1960s and 1970s, the terms and conditions of service of the University of Nairobi, which was then the only public university, were very competitive in the region, in Africa and internationally. However, after the 1970s and 1980s, the terms and conditions of service did not improve with the change of time. This means that they became increasingly non-competitive. However, more importantly, the 1970s and 1980s, were the years of political repression which drove a lot of university ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of hon. Members of Parliament consulting so loudly to give me time to speak on this very important matter because it affects their children and this nation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what are the lecturers demanding? The lecturers are saying that rather than subsidize their wages moonlighting in private universities in this country and rendering their services in the private sector education, the Government should pay them good wages so that they can concentrate on teaching in public universities. At the moment, many lecturers moonlight at Daystar University and the ... view