Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 941 to 950 of 1775.

• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for that. The Minister has said that we can refer this matter to the Attorney-General. Could I then request that the Question appears here in a month’s time for a review? view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. The issue of IDPs is a very serious humanitarian problem. It is an issue that has been created by our own political activities. It is a pity that those who were involved have not even taken care to ensure that these IDPs are settled in new settlement or resettled back to their farms. Secondly, the longer it takes, it means that the matter gets even more complicated. Even those who are not IDPs have now gone to the IDP camps to pose as IDPs. So, I would urge the ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to support the strike. The teachers should continue with the strike until the Government pays. In fact, if there was a way for us to call the Members of Parliament also to close Parliament and go to the streets to demonstrate with the teachers in solidarity, I would be more than willing to do so. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully support the teachers on this strike. It is good that the Minister is here. What we want to hear from him is that he is going to allocate Kshs6 billion ... view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think there is a portion of the question that the Assistant Minister is not answering. He is saying that the Board goes round and looks for roads. I think the question is: When are you going to make sure that this Board liaises closely with the other agencies that are doing roads in this place so that they do the proper thing? By just going to look around, they will not know what is being done. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister for his presentation of the Ministry’s Vote - Ministry of Medical Services. The Ministry of Medical Services, or Health, is one that provides the most important basic needs. Therefore, there is need for adequate funding of the services it renders. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the document that follows here--- There are areas where to put a lot of money. In fact, I expected when the Assistant Minister of State for Defence was contributing to also talk about this business of Kshs6.5 billion, which we are going to guillotine later on. It is being given to the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS). I think part of this money should be given to this Ministry, so that it is able to render essential services to Kenyans. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Because of poverty, many Kenyans are not registering to be its members. They are not contributing enough to the scheme so that they can benefit. I think the amount of money that is supposed to be paid by those who are not employed is about Kshs160 per month. I was hoping that the Minister would have said that this money should be reduced, so that we can have as many people as possible contributing, so that they are able to access medical care through this ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I think that is where I would think the Minister---. As he waits for the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme, he should reduce the amount of Kshs160. People imagine that it is too much. If you reduce it a bit you will have many people registering and we can help you to campaign to realize as many people as possible. From economies of scale, I think you will get more. You have seen what Safaricom did; it just reduced its prices; it came up with Bamba Kshs50. In this way, it covered everybody and that meant a lot of money. ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing is to do with the pharmacists themselves. We said here a number of times that sometimes there is a bit of collusion; you go to the hospital and you do not find the drugs but the chemist, which is just next door, has the drugs. I have experienced it myself. I talked about the issue of rabid dogs, which bit some people in my place. We got very expensive medicine; it cost about Kshs6,000 to Kshs8,000 and they were eight people. I had to persuade the pharmacy outside the hospital to be able ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Of course, there is the issue of adequacy; I am imagining a situation of these generic drugs, which are supposed to be cheap. But when they are dispensed at the counters, they are cheap but people do not know the difference between them and the original drugs, which are the branded ones. I am suggesting that the generic drugs must be labeled distinctly the way the same Ministry labels cigarette packets, that smoking is harmful to your health. This should be so that when people are buying them they know about their harmfulness. This is because you find generic drugs ... view