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"content": "people struggling and scrambling. We have had cases of pickpocketing in KNH when visitors go to see their lovely patients. This problem is systemic. When I look at the Committee, much as they have tried doing their work, there are a lot of generalisations. I am not a member of that Committee, but I listened to the proceedings and saw an elderly nurse looking very tired. She was very sorry. She mentioned that she had been overworked all those hours and she made a mistake. I looked at the recommendations and they are not tied with the observations. We need a logical flow in terms of observations, conclusions and recommendations. I know there was a Motion to impeach the CS. Of course, this House has the powers to impeach a CS if he has made a mistake. One of the cardinal responsibilities is as a CS you must ensure that the docket you lead must be good. When the CS went to KNH, the first thing she did was to suspend the CEO of the hospital pending investigations. I asked myself: Who was doing the investigations? Is it the investigation based in this parliamentary committee or there was another investigation? As far as I am concerned, there is nothing wrong when you are told to step aside pending investigations. That is in order everywhere. And it has happened. At one time, my party leader, Sen. Wetang’ula, was the Minister for Trade and when things were bad in Foreign Affairs, he was told to step aside pending investigations. Once the investigations have been concluded, if you are not culpable, you go back to your job. As far as I am concerned, the CS for Health did the right thing to suspend the CEO pending investigations. This CEO has not been sacked. That is a fact. When a matter comes to the Floor of this House, it is so serious. I do not know whether you can be told to step aside pending investigations, because with everything in this House the buck stops with you, Hon. Speaker. So, as far as CS Sicily Kariuki is concerned, she never made any mistake. If I was the CS, obviously I would have done the same. This is procedural. So the issue of investigations is where we want to see the report. Is it the report of Parliament or there is another report? I am told the CS was putting together a taskforce to go further and be able to give recommendations accordingly. But based on this Report, when they say they must restructure the board, I do not see any problem. The buck stops with the board. In this country, you can look at the State Corporations Act, the chair is appointed by the President and the board members are appointed by the CS in charge. That board has been sleeping on the job, because the problems that have been there are systemic. It is a responsibility of the board to oversee the management. It is the responsibility of the board to approve some of the strategic management decisions. So for you to recommend that the board be restructured there is problem. When you look at the State Corporations Act, the board is supposed to operate for three years. It is the mandate of the President to appoint the chair. So that board must go. Can you imagine going to the hospital and your head has been opened? I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. He brought an amendment seeking to ensure that those victims are compensated. This is something that the Committee overlooked. The victims must be compensated. If you go to KNH today and you have a big stomach, maybe because of alcohol intake or whatever you consume, you might find yourself in the maternity wing. That is how serious the matter is. So, for those who have big bellies, please watch out. When you find yourself at KNH, you might end up in the maternity wing. This is serious to show there is professional negligence at KNH. We must condemn where the problem is. Sometime back, they mentioned the issue of rape cases and I saw the CEO of KNH, Lily Koros, almost crying because she had said nothing had ever happened. When I look at the Report, it has shown there was no evidence whatsoever showing that mothers with maternity cases were being raped. So we ask ourselves: Is there a plan? Maybe they want the CEO out. She may not be a medic but The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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