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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on behalf of the Senator for Meru County to seek a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), from the Standing Committee on Health concerning the delayed remittance of funds by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to health facilities. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State reasons for the delay by the NHIF to remit funds to health facilities, which has disrupted operations in several health facilities and caused the withdrawal of services by health facilities to beneficiaries of the fund; (2) Explain plans in place to ensure NHIF settles all pending arrears, including last expense claims, even as the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) is operationalized; and, (3) Outline measures instituted by the Government to curb fraudulent claims and abuse by SHIF that characterize the NHIF."
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"content": " Thank you very much for that support. We have a Statement by Sen. Wakili Sigei. Is there anyone who has been assigned that responsibility? If not, then that Statement is deferred. Sen. Olekina, proceed and read the Statement. I know where the Member is. He is on duty, so read the Statement on his behalf."
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"content": "LEGAL COMPLIANCE OF VARIOUS ENTITIES IN BOMET COUNTY"
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on behalf of"
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"content": "to seek a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the composition and compliance of various boards, committees and forums in Bomet County. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Provide an analysis of the composition of the Bomet Physical and Land Use Planning Liaison Committee, the Municipal Board of Sotik, Longisa and Bomet municipalities, the Bomet County Budget and Economic Forum, the Board of Directors of the Bomet Water and Sanitation Company and the Bomet County Climate Change Planning Committee, stating the criteria used in appointing members and the status of legal compliance of these entities; (2) Furnish details of the advertisements for membership positions in these boards, forums and committees along with the recommendation letters from the organisations authorised to nominate candidates, appointments letters, the shortlist of selected candidates and documentations of conducted interviews if any; (3) Present copies of the Gazette Notice pertaining to the appointment and gazettement of the members of these boards, forums and committees reflecting on the procedural adherence to statutory requirements; and, (4) Provide information on the conduct of inaugural and subsequent meetings by these boards, forums and committees tabling copies of the relevant minutes. This Statement is signed by Sen. Wakili Hillary Sigei, MP, Senator for Bomet County."
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"content": " Sen. Kinyua, before we come to Statements under Standing Order No.52(1), let me get a few comments from both sides. This is because your Statement does not require any comments. Let us start with Sen. Sifuna."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I thank the Senator for Meru County for bringing this important matter before this House. As the people of Nairobi City County, we had the privilege of hosting the Senate Committee on Health yesterday. I take this opportunity to thank the entire Committee led by the Chairperson, the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, Sen. Mandago, for spending time with us to look at the state of health in Nairobi. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) owes most of our facilities, if not all, money. I will just give quick examples of our level five hospitals. At Pumwani Hospital, the NHIF owes Nairobi City County Kshs15 million. That is not to count the Kshs182 million that is owed by the Linda Mama Programme. At the same time, at Pumwani Hospital, we have had to shut down some wards, for example, ward five and six because of the shortage of staff thus, reducing the capacity of the hospital. Only two out of three of our operating theatres are functional at Pumwani Hospital because of a faulty anaesthesia machine. If this money was remitted to this facility, it would go a long way in addressing our challenges at Pumwani Hospital. At Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, the Linda Mama Programme owes the facility Kshs120 million while the NHIF owes Kshs178 million. At the same time, we have a stalled neo-natal Intensive Care Unity (ICU) construction with a pending bill of only Kshs50 million. This is what has led to the contractor abandoning the site at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. If NHIF were to give us the Kshs178 million, I am sure, it would go a long way. That is more than half of the proposed budget for the construction of the neo-natal ICU, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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"legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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"content": "which includes, a burn unit that would have taken care of all the victims from the Embakasi fire blast. At Mbagathi Hospital, where the Members of the Committee had an occasion to visit, the NHIF owes over Kshs180 million. There is a stalled outpatient department expansion block that requires only Kshs18 million, owed to the current contractor for him to return to site that he abandoned a long time ago. Mr. Deputy Speaker, finally, Mutuini Hospital has great controversy. When I went there on the 1st of February, as part of my oversight activities, I met Dr. Obwanda, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hospital. He actually showed me an X-ray room that has been constructed but not completed because it does not have the lead doors required of all X-ray rooms. What was interesting is that we were told then that, we needed only Kshs700,000 to install lead doors on that building, so that we can use the X-ray machine in that particular room. Yesterday, when the Committee arrived from Nairobi, the CEO had changed the story. He is now saying that they acquired a mobile X-ray machine recently that does not require us to invest in lead doors and yet, the building is there. At Mutuini Hospital, Linda Mama Programme alone owes Mutuini hospital Kshs13 million. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the right time for this House to direct that before NHIF is wound down, so that we can bring in the Social Health Insurance Authority (SHIA), all the debts owed to all county facilities should be paid. I strongly support and I have 100 per cent faith in the Committee chaired by my friend, the Senator for Uasin Gishu, to get us this money. Yesterday, he saw for himself that, Nairobi needs this money. The county was trying to be clever by cleaning City Mortuary with a toothbrush yesterday, thinking that, they could blind the Committee. However, since there is God, there was a nationwide power blackout when we arrived. We then discovered that the facility has had no generator from 2018. I was feeling very bad for some of my colleagues because they could not even get into the facility because of the stench. We are in a crisis in Nairobi and this Statement is timely. I want the Chairperson and the Members of the Committee on Health to save us in Nairobi. Hatuna mahali penginepakwenda."
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"content": "Asante."
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