Hon Samson Ndindi Nyoro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for reminding my colleague 001, that being 001 does not give him the role of the Speaker of this House. The Speaker is executing his role very ably. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I am very grateful because I come from a county that is very agricultural in nature. At the outset, I want to note that in 1966, arable land in Kenya was around 6.1 per cent of all the land mass in this country. It now stands at around 10.6 per cent. Only ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: There is also a challenge in terms of regional disparities when it comes to allocation of irrigation resources. It is my prayer that the new outfit we are creating to oversee our irrigation and irrigation projects will allocate resources to where we can get maximum or optimum benefits. It makes all the sense to give resources to the counties that have comparative advantage in terms of farming because output and productivity will be more optimal in those areas. Another limitation is cost, and my colleagues have associated well with this point. Agricultural and irrigation projects are very expensive. I am ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The challenge of jobs in this country can be bridged well when we embrace agriculture. As a country, we already have a comparative advantage vis-a-vis the other countries when it comes to agriculture. I am sure that with value addition, we can enjoy a lot of advantages. When we embrace irrigation, we will practise agriculture within certain areas and farm various commodities. Therefore, with value addition, we will benefit… view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Report. I rise to support the Report. As you have noted, even from the Presidency, healthcare in this country is a very important factor even on production in so far as our economy is concerned. That is why our President deemed it fit to include it in the Big Four Agenda which we are pursuing as a nation and Government. Of late, we have been treated to some kind of comedy especially in social media based on the happenings in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). My ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: This issue is very important and grave than the jokes we have been treated to, especially on social media. As I support this Report, I have listened to talks and speeches by many Members in this House, concerning the issue of personnel. Doctors and nurses have been mentioned in every Member’s speech. I tend to think that even if our health care system is devolved, probably we need to rethink the issue of how to handle personnel in our health facilities. I think it behooves us as a House, and I will be leading that momentum, that we need a ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: If we create a commission which will handle all the healthcare workers issues, salaries, harmonisation, transfers and promotions, this will go a long way in addressing issues which are always raised by the medical personnel. As the Members who have spoken before me have said, KNH is a referral hospital. As I was growing up, we went to the dispensaries near our village. If they could not handle the ailment, they could refer us to the health facility around our village and all the way to KNH, if you were very sick. Nowadays, you find a person with a cold ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I also want to note that the personnel within our health facilities, and not all of them but some, have turned their careers and jobs into businesses. Nowadays, hardly will you visit a health facility, including KNH, and find all the services within. You visit a hospital and you are referred to a nearby laboratory. Even in a hospital down there in mashinani, you will be referred to some chemist around. We all know that those business entities are owned by the same people who refer you to them, or they receive commissions for referring you. Therefore, I tend to ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: When this issue came up, I was very surprised to see Members of this House who I have previously deemed esteemed coming out to defend their own in the name of the suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KNH. We should stop this mediocrity of always invoking our own even when our own voters are the ones going through the pressures of this negligence and incompetence. This is obnoxious, diabolical and we need to put Kenya first even as we come out The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: to defend the people who come from our tribes. I was surprised to hear the Chair of the Committee telling us that they got only three board members. The reason they gave for others not attending is that the other members were too busy to attend to summons from the National Assembly. Sometimes, I think about the boards we have in the many entities in our country. Clearly, we cannot blame those busy board members of KNH. Most times, we tend to look at the pockets of the people we place in those boards. Most of them have to be ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for saving me from the Hon. Member. My point is that we also need to look at those board members. In KNH, the biggest stakeholder is the patient and anyone can be a patient there. I think we should stop placing the older generation in those boards because we purport they have experience. We should consider the young people of this country who will always have time to respond to such summons. If they cannot get time to respond to the summons of the august House, how do they carry out the affairs of ... view