Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: They do not do the work that should be done; there are committees that are set up to oversee implementation. All that a Member of Parliament does, which is the reason why we get elected in Kenya, is to be a development agent who takes development back to our people. I think the law must support that premise. The money that we have in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is really appreciated because it will do a lot of work in our constituencies. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the County Women Representatives (CWRs) have had a fairly long and interesting story in terms of getting our funding. Today, we sit here happy and appreciative that we have Kshs7 million going to every constituency for overseeing by the CWRs. We are truly grateful and we want to play our rightful role in complementing what the CDF is doing. So, we this Budget. I think I am almost saying “Mutava for President” and we are no longer saying “Mutava must go”. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: We are now very happy with what the Budget and Appropriation Committee has been able to do. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On health matters, again we appreciate very much the funding that is going to maternal health. For the first time in the history of our country, we have 68 per cent of the women of this country delivering in hospitals, accessing immunization for children and curbing maternal and child mortality. We appreciate that and continue to emphasize that it should go up to 100 per cent; all the women of our country should deliver in hospitals. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very sad that a woman could lose her life as she tries to give life. If we have more money going into maternal health, we are not going to have any of our women losing her life as they get new presidents, governors and Members of Parliament for our country. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I also appreciate the funding that is going into leasing of equipment. I think the Committee will continue to debate the leasing policy. We have leasing of police vehicles, and I think we have seen some results from this. This year, we have leasing of equipment for hospitals. As the Budget and Appropriation Committee, we are going to look critically at the policy of leasing because it generated a lot of debate in the Committee. However, I think we should appreciate that hospitals will have equipment. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On police and intelligence, Kshs17 billion has been set aside. We do not want to hear the excuse of lack of funding from security agencies. If they have other problems within the security departments, the Committee needs to be engaged on that, but it will no longer be a question of money. We ask that the funds that they have been allocated be used appropriately and well to secure our country. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On the Judiciary and the legal agencies, those of us who are lawyers are also very happy. We have the Gender Commission funded this year to the tune of Kshs290 million under R214, and we appreciate that funding very much. This is because the question of gender and balancing continues to be a challenge. We have seen in this House a very sad debate on FGM. We are saying that women of this country are entitled to their rights and protection, and commissions like the one on gender are very important. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we celebrate the cash transfers. Again, a lot of money will go to the elderly; a lot of money will be used on those who are really poor. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: It is, indeed, true that a country is not judged by its richest; it is judged by its poorest. As long as we have poor people in this country, that remains our judgement and not really how many of us are driving Mercedes Benz; it is really about how many of us are sleeping hungry. As long as we have funds like those for cash transfers, we will appreciate this Budget, and the economy will move forward; it will not leave the poor people behind. view