Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important Bill, if you consider the fact that information gathering and keeping is a very important aspect. Population and diseases are growing and becoming more sophisticated and so on. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: So, I want to congratulate the Member for Ndhiwa, Hon. Aghostinho Neto, for bringing the Bill. It is a way of modernizing the way we do things. We talk a lot about change and reforms, but we do not put those changes and reforms down on paper. So, this Bill will go a long way to safeguard records dating a number of years back. If we are going to advance Vision 2030 and the success we want to make as a country, then we must keep records. There are successes that we have made. Since Independence, Kenya has trained many ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: improve. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you will have records which are kept, updated and improved on. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On the issue of ethical values, we know what has been done by somebody else once it is recorded. On the issue of patent rights, what has been done by somebody else or researched particularly in the medical profession, its records and names are kept. So, we will avoid situations like the one we had one time when Prof. Obel came up with a discovery of HIV drugs with Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Later on, it was found out that there were some guys in KEMRI who were taking credit for it. That tug of war ended up killing ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: So, it will create order on how we do things in the medical profession once records and information are properly managed. It will also help us to look at areas which are lacking certain facilities, just as my colleague has talked about the issue of cancer and machines that are supposed to be used for treatment. I think it is easier because when you have got records, you are able to plan and cost what you need. In the process, you budget and look for money in advance for what you want to do rather than doing things in a ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With this, it is a good step. I want to say that in our hospitals - just like what we see in the lands office where we do not have records - there is a lot of corruption. This is what we want to avoid now that in Kenya we have 47 devolved counties. There is a lot of information that needs to be kept on those areas. So, with this Bill, I am sure all this will be taken into account. I hope we shall have a central place for information on aspects like tropical and infectious diseases like ... view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to support this very important Bill. Hon. Speaker, some of the reforms Kenyans have been agitating for are contained in this Bill. Kenyans in most parts of the country specifically, the rural areas who are far from major towns like Nairobi have been yearning for aspects of the law which can be useful to them. This can only be achieved through this Bill because with this law in place, it means that it will be easier and cheaper to set up small courts in our rural areas. Hon. Speaker, the speed at which ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill also says that, in spite of the fact that it is a Kshs100,000 limit of jurisdiction, the Chief Justice has leeway to set the amount that the courts can adjudicate depending on where it is and when the application is made. That is also a good aspect. You do not have to go to higher courts. That limit can be varied by the Chief Justice as he deems fit. The other issue on the use of local dialect is a very important aspect. Previously, when someone went to court and he was not literate in English or Kiswahili, ... view
• 8 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill, the High Court Organisation and Administration Bill, National Assembly Bill No.47, 2015. I support this Bill because it is high time we had our records properly kept. You do not have to move from office to office looking for your records and judgments. It also requires that these offices should be computerized and properly managed by qualified people. The statement that this is a money Bill within the meaning of Article 114 of the Constitution is true. Its implementation will occasion additional expenditure in creating effectiveness and ... view