Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 321 to 330 of 1784.

• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: At Sub-clause 3, we have introduced the issue of ensuring that the CECM, in order for them to effectively perform the functions, can delegate the performance of such to the Director of Health. It introduces a director of health who can be specifically targeting issues of health, so that incase the CECM has other issues, the County Director of Health delves into this. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 7 deals with the health officer and the roles. It gives it in details including overseeing the selection of community health volunteers and providing technical support and training. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: At Clause 8, we have the responsibilities of the Director of Health outlined in detail, with the role of coordination becoming very critical. This is because in this Bill we define the community that is going to be assigned by the CECM in terms of how the CECM can capture the various communities and give these services. We do not have a general definition of a community, but have a community that will be defined in terms of logistics; that these numbers of community health volunteers, for example, work in a certain area. The Director of Health is very critical ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when the community health volunteer goes to do the work, they go to their notebooks, keep recording and need to give back feedback to the mainstream to give back all these explanations. That coordination is very important. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 9 deals with the Community Health Committee and its membership. There will be a woman representing women groups, a person representing Persons with Disability (PWDs), Youth representative and a ward public health officer, so that all the matters of the county touching on health can be discussed at a particular point. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Under Clause 11, the community health officer and his functions have also been put very clearly at the ward level. Reference is also made to specific issues. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: At Clause 9 (5) and (6), each county government may enact county-specific legislations setting out the procedure for the nomination and election of the members of the Committee, the terms of appointment and criteria of the nomination. The role for managing health matters at the county level is also given as a responsibility to County Assemblies that come up with those sorts of legislations. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 10 deals with community health volunteers and the process of their selection. Clause 11 is very extensive. It gives the county health volunteers responsibilities that are very broad. I mentioned them as I was moving this Bill. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 12 says that each County Director of Health shall maintain the health register. That will go down to the ward level, as I have already spoken to. The CECM, at the end of it, especially at the miscellaneous provisions, will report to the County Assembly. We have a link created in the whole system. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 17 introduces the Cabinet Secretary (CS) as being key in consultation with the Council of Governors (CoG) making regulations, prescribing regulations and guidelines generally for the better coming into effect of this Act. view