Robert Pukose

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• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Also, look at the caliber of staff; in this country we have a shortage of medical staff; nurses and doctors are not enough. We are talking of doctors for the aged. How many doctors for the old do we have in this country? How many nurses for the aged do we have? Do we have physiotherapists to take care of these people? When some of them go there they will need some other care. In old age, people suffer from diseases like arthritis. How well do we remunerate the staff? One of the hon. Members talked about--- view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Also, look at the caliber of staff; in this country we have a shortage of medical staff; nurses and doctors are not enough. We are talking of doctors for the aged. How many doctors for the old do we have in this country? How many nurses for the aged do we have? Do we have physiotherapists to take care of these people? When some of them go there they will need some other care. In old age, people suffer from diseases like arthritis. How well do we remunerate the staff? One of the hon. Members talked about--- view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think when it comes to the issues of whether this Motion also affects counties, as a general surgeon and a former medical superintendent of a hospital, I think I am an authority to tell you whether district hospitals, which we intend to become country referral hospitals, are able to perform this duty. As it stands now, they are not under the counties because the Motion to devolve health is not yet on the Floor of the House. What is happening is that we expect a comprehensive Motion to discuss how well we ... view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think when it comes to the issues of whether this Motion also affects counties, as a general surgeon and a former medical superintendent of a hospital, I think I am an authority to tell you whether district hospitals, which we intend to become country referral hospitals, are able to perform this duty. As it stands now, they are not under the counties because the Motion to devolve health is not yet on the Floor of the House. What is happening is that we expect a comprehensive Motion to discuss how well we ... view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. I rise to support this Motion in that we need to establish free nursing units for the aged in every hospital in all the counties. That is because health is an issue that transcends both the national and county level. We cannot exclude ourselves and say that we are at the national level, when the people we serve are within those counties and within our constituencies. Thank you. view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. I rise to support this Motion in that we need to establish free nursing units for the aged in every hospital in all the counties. That is because health is an issue that transcends both the national and county level. We cannot exclude ourselves and say that we are at the national level, when the people we serve are within those counties and within our constituencies. Thank you. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. If you look at the interview on the appointments, hon. Jakoyo Midiwo asked a question which he thought he understood. For instance, he commented when he was interviewing the Cabinet Secretary for Health, that the Medical Officers of Health (MOHs) transport drugs from KEMSA to their stations through their clinics--- view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on the appointments and say that these appointments, to me, meet the constitutional requirements because when I looked at the curriculum vitaes during the interviews of various nominees, including Phyllis Kandie, I find that they are qualified. When I also looked at the interview of Mr. Macharia, as a doctor, I was very proud of this fellow because I saw in him a person who will be able to deliver the good services in as far as the Ministry of Health is concerned. I saw him talk of the ... view
• 9 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Chairlady. I wanted to support hon. Nyokabi on the issue of this amendment which she is bringing. When I looked at it, I was one of the people who were thinking that we need to protect the House so that in future we are not held accountable in terms of a bill that we may need to vary at a later date. If it is just a memorandum, then it means when you look at it, you will find that there are tables that are coming after that. We are talking of Table 3 which is giving us ... view
• 8 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. When I looked at the preparations for the allocations to the commissions, I realized that those allocations have gone high. At the end of the day, what CRA has recommended is not being implemented. So, I wonder whether we are paying them just to do the job, but we are unable to implement. CRA came up with some formulas and apparently when a question was raised in this House as to whether CRA has presented its estimates for discussion, it was noted that it ... view
• 25 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. My names are Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose, the Member for Endebess. I want to thank the Procedure and House Rules Committee for the good work it has done. However, I want to point out a few issues. On the first paragraph of the proposed amendments to the Standing Orders, they are saying that, at least, each Member sits in, at least, two Committees; that is a Departmental Committee and the Public Accounts Committee or the Public Investments Committee. However, below the second paragraph, there are some exemptions and I think hon. Members sometimes when you ... view