Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Besides these five areas, there is a provision of Kshs4.5 billion from the national Government share as a special grant to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to cater for free maternal healthcare to be disbursed as reimbursement to county governments. This will allow expectant mothers, both for pre-natal and post-natal care, to access maternal healthcare free of charge in any county government-managed hospital across the country. Previously, free material healthcare was reimbursed directly to county governments, but there is a policy shift in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: the administration of free maternal healthcare where the service shall be administered through the existing NHIF framework. Hon. Speaker, this is worth noting. You will remember that during the 11th Parliament, we always had issues with the disbursement of these funds to county governments. The county governments complained of delays in the release of this money to them. Therefore, many expectant mothers were unable to access free maternal healthcare on the argument that a number of public hospitals run by county governments were not able to offer these services because they had not been reimbursed the money. The Government has ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: This departure in policy will not just help county governments in getting timely reimbursements, but it will also help our expectant mothers. It is also in line with the promises made by His Excellency the President during the campaigns, that not only will expectant mothers be given free delivery services, but even a year after delivery, both the mother and the child will be under the care of the NHIF in pursuant to that promise which was in the Jubilee Manifesto to offer free maternal healthcare for the mother and the child for the first one year of life. This ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee noted that the most recent audited accounts, which are the basis of sharing revenue in accordance with Article 203(2) of the Constitution, are those of the Financial Year 2013/2014. This is on account that the National Assembly is yet to approve audited accounts of revenues of Financial Years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. I am sure the Auditor-General is now working towards 2016/2017. We implore the relevant committee and the House to fast-track the approval of these accounts, so that the Division of Revenue Bill is based on the most recent audited accounts of the Government. We are ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee observed that despite the allocation for leasing of medical equipment having increased to the current Ksh9.4 billion, there was need to audit the beneficiaries of these equipment as well as the details of the contracts. The Committee observed that some of the 94 hospitals in respective counties that were expected to receive the specialised equipment are yet to receive them. Some lack the relevant skills and reagents to operate them. Therefore, there are many hospitals with machines, but simple things like reagents or skills to use the machines are lacking and, therefore, they remain unutilised. To this end, ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, the Committee observed that county governments continue to receive allocation of the fuel levy despite having no clear framework in place to support the allocation. It was noted with concern that the Kenya Roads Bill, 2017 had not been approved by the House by the time we were writing this Report, but we are now past that. I take this opportunity to commend Hon. Pkosing, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, for fast-tracking this Bill. It creates the legal framework for sharing the Kshs8.2 billion from the fuel levy. The Committee, therefore, requests ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Further to that, over the last few years, it has been a custom or a tradition that every time we pass this Bill in this House and we send it to the Senate, we find them coming up with different figures. It is worth noting that the Inter-Governmental Budget and Economic Council held meetings where the Senate, the Commission of Revenue Allocation and the CoG were invited. They unanimously agreed on the figures that got to this House through the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) that we approved. It is also worth noting that immediately after we passed the BPS, there ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With your indulgence, I would like to donate two minutes each to Hon. Keynan, Hon. Kaman, Hon. (Ms.) Jennifer Shamalla, Hon. Ochanda and Hon. Jared Okelo. view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am under intense pressure to donate two minutes to Hon. Rindikiri Mugambi, Member for Buuri, and Hon. Moroto. Hon. Moroto first then Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri. view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Mine is just to thank Members for their very invaluable contributions to this Bill. I am sure the Senate, those in the Council of Governors (CoG) and even our Members of County Assemblies in the counties have been listening to these contributions. They should ensure the money that goes to the county governments goes into good use for the benefit of the people. It is noteworthy the issues that are of concern to Members like issues to do with conditional grants. On the money from the fuel levy that is going to roads, MCAs ... view