Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to make a very brief Statement to this august House on the so-called strike by nurses that is currently going on. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the 25th November, 2012, the unregistered Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN), the National Nurses Association of Kenya (NAK) and the Kenya Progressive Nurses Association (KPNA) wrote to my Ministry giving seven days strike notice to take effect from the 3rd December, 2012. The letter reached my office on 26th November, 2012, giving several demands one of which was of the immediate registration of the Kenya National Union of Nurses. The other demands related to the Ministry. All of them had been dealt with and the Ministry was under discussion with the nurses’ fraternity. So, ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will answer these questions very systematically. How many deaths? The DMS is still compiling the figures. On whether the Ministry of Labour has done something to register the union, yes, it has done that. When I was giving my Statement I said that when I called a meeting in my office, officers from the Ministry of Labour were there. However, only members of the Progressive Nurses Association (PNA) attended. The others refused to attend. I even attempted to contact them through my phone, but they declined to come. If I showed you the text messages ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as long as somebody refuses to listen to reason and to know that there is law and order in this country, even if that person is hon. Dr. Khalwale, he is a zombie! view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Charles Kilonzo, obviously, has the right to interpret events the way he does. However, I was talking about nurses on the streets who have refused to listen to reason and who come zombie-like to break into buildings. I do not think that they are in any way capable of running a Government. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, exactly! Since hon. Millie has described a zombie, she even emphasized what I mean. You have been given the responsibility to save lives, but rather than save lives, you go on a strike on an issue that is very different from the Ministry, you are serving and roam around the streets not understanding that people are dying. That means that you are unconscious of what you are doing and, perhaps, worse than a corpse! view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Dr. Khalwale to misrepresent facts? What I said this morning was that those nurses who are on strike illegally - and they are not all Kenyan nurses - go into Ministries, break doors, harass other nurses working in a hospital like Mbagathi, pulling them away from their duties and turn their backs on suffering patients, cannot, in any way, be human. They can only undertake such activities if they have become zombies. I will repeat, if they have become zombies. I am not going to bend ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to add my voice to those who have appreciated the speech by His Excellency the President. I just want to add two things which His Excellency was too humble to mention in his last years as the President of this country. One, it is not easy to preside over a transition from an authoritarian rule to democratic one. In many countries, it has always been a very turbulent period. However, we must thank His Excellency for having presided over this transition and made it possible for us now to build a democratic society. Secondly and ... view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the proposal by the Deputy Leader of Government Business that we extend the sitting hours of the House. Contrary to what my colleague to the right said, I think all the Bills that have been listed here are important to the development of this nation. If you look at most of them, they are what I call social Bills. This House has passed enough constitutional Bills and Bills related to the Executive. It is important that we now pass Bills on where the tyre touches the ground, because this is what will make ... view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the same spirit that I have spoken before, I rise to second the proposal by the Deputy Leader of Government Business to shorten the publication period of the said Bill. view