Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 6175.

• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: First of all, let me allay the fears that people have. We have a blood transfusion service already in operation. This is not new. It was started in 2001. There were some discussions with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1994, and they prescribed what should happen in terms of the standards. This House passed the Health Act, 2017, which provided for the establishment of the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service as a State entity. I believe that it did not take off. This Bill attempts to operationalise the intentions of the House within the provisions of the Health Act, ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: This Bill provides for the regulation of what you do when a donor comes in, which information he is given and how he is protected, in terms of his confidentiality, which is what Hon. Baya talked about. When somebody donates blood, he should not be flashed in the papers that he did it and it was found with something. This is one of the fears that discourages people in Kenya from donating blood. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I am a regular blood donor. At one point, I was donating blood at the Mater Hospital and people were told that HIV would be tested. Some of the people whom I had gone with started panicking. They were also told that they would not be allowed to donate blood if their blood pressure is high beyond a certain point. Two chaps started running up and down the stairs. When the blood pressure machine was put on them, they were told that their pressure was too high and that they would not donate that day. They excused themselves. We were ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The Mover and the Seconder gave the people out there some scary information that could discourage our medical personnel. Since time immemorial, blood transfusion in Kenya is better than in other countries within the region. But even as we discuss it here, I am sure it is dilapidated and in a very poor state. We could give people the impression that it is a hopeless situation. I actually want to congratulate the medical personnel for working within the environment they are working in and yet they have been able to save lives. You only find the rare blood… view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for trying to protect the Members of the House. We need to protect ourselves and others. I was saying that our medical personnel have done very well. We have seen that in the management of this pandemic, even with limited resources, they have contained the virus. I have 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. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: seen responses in road accidents and the appeals that are made. Even when you have people with a rare blood type - Hon. (Dr.) Eseli and Hon. (Dr.) Pukose might know better - such as the rhesus negative blood type, they still make appeals and get people to donate blood and save a life. This will basically transform the National Blood Transfusion Service which is a Department within the Ministry of Health into a fully-fledged authority with its own budget and management structure. It will be devolved or removed from the bureaucracies of the Ministry and thus react faster in ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It would be good if he was listening because he is the one we will be expected to reply. When you look at the Report, the Committee identifies a heavy contribution by the Ministry of Health. One of the proposals to be included in the Bill was an amendment to bar the sale of blood products. However, when I look at the amendments that the Committee picked, I do not see that critical proposal. I would like to urge the Committee to relook at the stakeholder recommendations that were brought in. When you look at the Report, it does not ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We learnt our lessons because we never did things right. Can we now do it better for the purposes of posterity? In the event COVID-19 causes another lockdown and we cannot access blood from another country, or we cannot travel to another country to seek treatment, we should be self-contained as a country. This is the lesson that we are learning from the recent pandemic, be it in terms of blood transfusion, preparation of production of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and all the other things. Hon. (Dr.) Eseli has given us the example of Israel. Israel realised that because of ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Second Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/2021. I fully associate with their sentiments which are expressed in their policy recommendations. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: To a large extent, I am also in agreement that we see a very dangerous trend. Today is 23rd June 2021. By the time we do this appropriation, we will be almost at the tail end of the financial year. I am not even sure whether there will be time for disbursing what we will appropriate without rushing it. It is something that we need to discuss with the Executive. The Constitution says that any expenditure that is not anticipated must be ratified within a certain time. This Second Supplementary Budget is not only about ratifying what has been spent ... view