{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=150415","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=150413","results":[{"id":1522332,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522332/?format=json","text_counter":108,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"POINT OF ORDER"},{"id":1522333,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522333/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"APPEARANCE OF CABINET SECRETARY FOR HEALTH BEFORE THE HOUSE"},{"id":1522334,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522334/?format=json","text_counter":110,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mbeere North, DP","speaker_title":"Hon. Ruku GK","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order pursuant to Standing Order 83, read together with Standing Order 42A(5). The latter provides that the Leader of the Majority Party shall inform the House of the date, time and order in which a cabinet secretary shall appear to reply to Questions and provide reports to the House and committees. I listened carefully to the Statement by the Leader of the Majority Party on the business for next week, but I did not hear any mention of appearance of a cabinet secretary before this House, particularly the Cabinet Secretary for Health. The country is facing a potential crisis in the health sector, with private hospitals having threatened to cease attending to patients under the Social Health Authority (SHA) because of various unresolved concerns. While it is the duty of the Ministry of Health to deal with health matters, we Members of Parliament, as the representatives of the people, have found ourselves on the first line of defence. Kenyans are bashing us for the failures in the health sector. Kenyans think that since we are the ones who passed the laws that transitioned the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and SHA, we ought to take responsibility when things do not work, and not the Ministry of Health. When we passed the Social Health Insurance Act and created SHIF and SHA, we intended that our people would easily access quality and affordable healthcare. However, the perennial and unresolved teething issues affecting the transition from NHIF to SHIF and SHA are limiting the enjoyment of right to 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."},{"id":1522335,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522335/?format=json","text_counter":111,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mbeere North, DP","speaker_title":"Hon. Ruku GK","speaker":null,"content":"health under Article 43(1)(a) of the Constitution and by extension, the right to life under Article 26 of the Constitution. I hope that in a Statement, the Leader of the Majority Party would, as a priority, inform us that the Cabinet Secretary of Health will appear before this House next week to address the many concerns by Kenyans and health facilities regarding service delivery under SHA. I humbly seek your indulgence and direction that the Cabinet Secretary for Health be summoned to this House next Wednesday, 5th February 2025 to address the many issues affecting the health sector."},{"id":1522336,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522336/?format=json","text_counter":112,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Ruku, what you have read appears to be a Statement that should have reached my desk for approval. In the guise of a point of order, you have sought a Statement and that is not very honourable. Leader of the Majority Party."},{"id":1522337,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522337/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I agree with you that Hon. Ruku is completely out of order. He seems to be requesting for a Statement under the disguise of other things. First, Hon. Ruku has not filed any Question or request for a Statement for the Cabinet Secretary for Health to appear before this House. Under the Standing Orders, the Leader of the Majority Party cannot on his own volition invite a cabinet secretary to appear in the House to be questioned by Hon. Ruku. I only do that pursuant to Hon. Ruku filing a Question or a request for a Statement. The only health-related Question that has been filed this session is by the Member for Yatta, Hon. Robert Basil. The issues he wanted addressed were comprehensively addressed by the Statement tabled on Tuesday by Hon. Pukose, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health. Hon. Ruku is seated right where he was seated when Hon. Pukose was reading that comprehensive Statement. I invite Hon. Ruku, if he has issues, to get a copy of the Statement from the Table Office. If there is anything that was not addressed, he is at liberty to file a request for Statement or a Question that the cabinet secretary can come and answer. For the information of the House, all Questions and Statements that were sought last year lapsed. In addition to the Question to the Ministry of Health, there are another 22 Questions, at least one per ministry. We are waiting for the departmental committees to finish the consideration of the BPS. Cabinet secretaries have been shuttling between this House and the other House because of the budget-making process. As soon as we finish with the BPS, we will schedule cabinet secretaries. The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport has the highest number of Questions. Three Questions have already been filed. Other ministries have one Question each. It is not a very efficient use of time to invite a cabinet secretary to address one issue. So, we will begin with the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport when we finish with the BPS. I invite Hon. Ruku to read the Statement by Hon. Pukose. If there are issues he feels were not addressed by that Statement, he can raise a Question or a request for a Statement, and we will cause the Cabinet Secretary for Health to appear and answer anything else that Hon. Ruku would want answered."},{"id":1522338,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522338/?format=json","text_counter":114,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Ruku."},{"id":1522339,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522339/?format=json","text_counter":115,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mbeere North, DP","speaker_title":"Hon. Ruku GK","speaker":null,"content":" I, carefully, listened to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health, Hon. Pukose, and the issue of health even requires that we suspend all the business of this House so that we can get it right as far as the health sector is concerned."},{"id":1522340,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522340/?format=json","text_counter":116,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Ruku, you either file a Question, request for a Statement or seek a motion of adjournment provided for under the Standing Orders. Whichever you request, I will give it consideration. That is how the House functions. Your emotions notwithstanding, the House does not act that way. I have mentored you well. You have been sitting with me in my office for many minutes asking how things are done, and I always tell you. 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."},{"id":1522341,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522341/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Yes, Hon. Bowen."}]}