Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: cervical cancer. This comes at a time when we have just lost three prominent Kenyans and many others who have not been talked about, to cancer. When Kenya lost prominent leaders to cancer, it made me go around and ask many questions. I did a bit of research. So, I will be contributing from a point of knowledge. The first thing we need to understand is what cancer is. Apparently, it is the abnormal cells which are divided uncontrollably and destroy body tissues. There are over 100 types of cancers in the world, cervical cancer being one of them. Cervical ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: cervical cancer. This comes at a time when we have just lost three prominent Kenyans and many others who have not been talked about, to cancer. When Kenya lost prominent leaders to cancer, it made me go around and ask many questions. I did a bit of research. So, I will be contributing from a point of knowledge. The first thing we need to understand is what cancer is. Apparently, it is the abnormal cells which are divided uncontrollably and destroy body tissues. There are over 100 types of cancers in the world, cervical cancer being one of them. Cervical ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: House, we can propose solutions to this problem. As I finish, I want to say that prevention is obviously better than cure. If we have realised that there is a vaccine for one of the viruses that cause cervical cancer, HPV, I do not see why, as a House, we should be debating this issue. Honestly, the Ministry of Health should have taken this upon itself. They should have gone to our schools and done public awareness so that Kenyans are made aware that this is one of the viruses that spread cervical cancer, and it can be treated and ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: House, we can propose solutions to this problem. As I finish, I want to say that prevention is obviously better than cure. If we have realised that there is a vaccine for one of the viruses that cause cervical cancer, HPV, I do not see why, as a House, we should be debating this issue. Honestly, the Ministry of Health should have taken this upon itself. They should have gone to our schools and done public awareness so that Kenyans are made aware that this is one of the viruses that spread cervical cancer, and it can be treated and ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I thank Hon. John Waluke, the Member for Sirisia Constituency. I am sure the people of Sirisia are very proud to have a Member who can bring such a Motion to the Floor of this House. His Motion seeks to deal with Kenya’s international trade and improve the livelihood of Kenyans. Kenya’s balance of trade is skewed against us. Our trade deficit has been on the rise. Currently, it is at Kshs1.1 trillion and it will continue to rise if this Government will not take time to listen and put in place ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: First, we have to figure out how to deal with trade barriers. For us to export, we need countries that are friendly and willing to allow us to export our goods to them. So, we need to figure how we can negotiate reduction in trade barriers using our Government and State agencies. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you know the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has been signed by many countries including ours. Even though we have signed GATT, there are those countries that are careless about allowing our exports to their countries. What we need to figure out is how to make use of our economic blocs. We are already members of the East African Community (EAC) which has many partner States. It is important to figure out how to increase our activity in trading within that bloc. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I also think the Government needs to provide technical support to improve the quality of products that are exported from this country. One of the reasons it is not very easy to export much is that the quality of our products is not checked as it should. We have State agencies that have been given the responsibility to provide technical support. They are supposed to ensure that production in this country is of high quality. An organisation such as the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) needs to pull up its socks. It should spend more time checking the quality of ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Government can help us customise products for specific foreign markets. It is the Government’s responsibility to do research on behalf of the Kenyan citizens that want to trade internationally. The Government should figure out what products can The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: be sold to which country. Once that is done, it will help our producers get easy markets to sell to. So, let us ensure that we provide information on customising of products for foreign markets. view