Wycliffe Oparanya

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• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that hospital was upgraded from a health centre ten years ago. But it does not have adequate wards, mortuary, theatre and a laundry block. What is the Ministry's policy of upgrading health centres to hospitals? That is because, to me, that facility is not fit to be a hospital. It does not have adequate facilities. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I asked the same question sometime last year. The Ministry promised to allocate Kshs40 million towards the construction of various facilities at the hospital. I am surprised that the Ministry has allocated only Kshs13.7 million. The Assistant Minister has said that the CDF has allocated Kshs4.2 million to that facility. That is wrong! The CDF has only allocated Kshs2 million. I would like to know from the Assistant Minister whether the Kshs40 million I was promised last year was released. I also want to know whether the Kshs13.7 million has already been released. Is it in ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a Paper to lay on the Table of the House. The Report of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan African Parliament held in Ghallagher Estate, Midrand, South Africa from 13th November, 2006 to 24th November, 2006. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: I want to give notice of a Motion. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan African Parliament held in Ghallagher Estate, Midrand, South Africa from 13th November, 2006 to 24th November, 2006, laid on the Table of the House on 18th April, 2007. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture what steps he has taken to cushion the local sugar industry against imported sugar at the expiry of COMESA safeguard measures. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for that answer. However, there are two important issues that affect the sugar industry, which the Minister has not touched on. These are under-capitalization and high taxation. Due to high taxation, the production costs have become quite high. I am surprised that the Minister has not mentioned these two issues in his answer. How is he tackling these two issues? view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister said that he has enhanced credit accessibility to sugar farmers through direct lending by the AFC. He knows very well that lending by the AFC is only to large-scale farmers, who own 20 acres or more, while most of the sugar-cane farmers are small-scale farmers. What has he done to ensure that small-scale farmers get credit? view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As the Mover has said, this Bill was extensively discussed before we went for the long recess last year, and it was referred to our Committee Stage. We raised quite a number of issues, which we discussed. I am happy to report, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, that all the issues that we raised have now been accommodated in the Bill. Therefore, on that basis, I second the Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is actually trying to establish the Institute of Supplies Management and ... view