Prof. Prof. Ruth Oniang'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have no intention of intimidating you and I cannot do that. The Assistant Minister is insinuating that I am ignorant when I am not. We are talking about immediate food security for Butula Constituency. I am not talking in generality. That is what my question was all about. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Local Government:- (a) whether he could table the list of all public cemeteries in the country, indicating their respective custodians; and, (b) whether he is aware that Kenyans will soon have no space left to bury their dead if urgent measures are not taken to acquire more land for use as cemeteries. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are just numbers; they could have been cooked up. So, the answer is not sufficient. But the reason I asked this question is that our cemeteries are left unkempt, it is as if we do not care about our dead, and people struggle to transport bodies back home which may be far and land is running out. Could the Assistant Minister tell us whether truly they put any money towards maintaining cemeteries to make them decent as we see in other countries, so that Kenyans do not continue to carry around bodies, looking for where ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact of the matter is that a time has come when public cemeteries are becoming extremely important. Could the Assistant Minister tell us that he is going to bring here a policy paper on how we are going to be dealing with and supporting public cemeteries? view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not talking of cultures. Let them do what they do. However, we have public cemeteries. The Assistant Minister has already told me how many they are. There are so many of them. Could he make sure they look decent, to show that we care for the dead and some resources be allocated to them? view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we now have an investigative media and when 3292 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 1, 2006 they were highlighting cases of leakage of KCSE examination papers, the Ministry was denying. Could the Assistant Minister tell us what internal audit they have? Do the people who work for KNEC take duty offs, and is the safety of the KCSE examination papers assured? The police are not the ones to arrest the situation. In fact, they might not even know how the examination papers look like. Could the Assistant Minister tell us what internal systems they have in place to ... view
• 19 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the boda boda industry is a major employer of young people who have left school. However, bicycles are not the safest mode of transport especially for women. I have found many women who have fallen by the wayside and they have actually been hurt. Could the Minister tell us whether he can facilitate upgrading of the bicycle mode of boda boda and allow the importation of motorcycles duty free so that all these young people who are employed as boda boda riders can benefit from that? view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like to support the Motion whole heartedly. I would like to commend my colleague, Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, for bringing it to the House, although it is a bit late. The Motion is long overdue. Information, like he said, is the right to know. When people do not know, they result to rumour mongering. Rumour mongering can be very dangerous. It can render people victims of situations which they have absolutely nothing to do with. Information should be factual. It should not be ... view
• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: ; Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Vote, and also support my colleague, the Minister for Health. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, health sector is very important. I want to recognise the achievements that have been made in the recent past. But I would like to say that there are many Kenyans who are unable to access health care, especially for specialised conditions. What surprises me is the health centres! They are closed at 6.00 p.m. and are not opened over the weekends. They cannot handle emergencies. Diseases do not chose when to ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are aware that most of the very qualified medical personnel in country are leaving for greener pastures outside the country. Could the Assistant Minister tell us how far he has gone in trying to improve the remuneration package for the medical personnel as a whole? view