Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to thank hon. Members for the interest they have taken in this Bill. It is, indeed, a very important Bill. However, I would also like to inform them that this Bill has been pending for over ten years. Every time it was going to be moved, it view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said resolution. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Certainly, I do not need to apologise. Maybe I spoke with a lot of passion and reason on this Bill. If anyone was annoyed, that was definitely not my intention but today, I just want to plead with you that we agree not to water down this Bill. This is because it will be a shell that will not mean anything even if we pass it. I thank the Departmental Committee on Health because I know that it has really worked very hard. I was going to say this when I move the amendments. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendment. I support very view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Breast Milk Substitutes (Regulation and Control) Bill, 2012 be read a Second Time. In moving the Bill, hon. Members are aware that child survival is one of the indicators of a nation’s progress in development and Kenya is committed to achieving the fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on reduction of the under five mortality rate by two-thirds of that of 1990 by 2015. This will contribute to the Vision 2030 target to develop Kenya into a medium income country with high quality life for every Kenyan which includes all children. ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank all the hon. Members for very strongly and overwhelmingly supporting this Bill. It shows how much we care for our children and that we put their interest first before any other consideration. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am proud of being a Member of this House because today we have sent a very strong message to Kenyans out there, that we want a health nation and that we want our children to feed on mothers’ milk more than anything else. I know that you will be strong even in supporting the implementation ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: (a) There is no established scheme of service in the Civil Service for Community Health Workers (CHWs). (b) My Ministry has considered developing a remuneration structure and scheme of service for CHWs and found the following challenges that must first be addressed. (i) The number of CHWs required for countrywide coverage is approximately 320,000. The public sector wage bill cannot afford that magnitude of expansions even if such remuneration were pegged to the minimum wage. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: (ii) For effective and efficient service delivery, CHWs would have to be trained, facilitated in terms of transport and paid other benefits payable to civil servants such as medical allowance, commuter allowance, pension or gratuity which would further escalate the costs (c) The Government has not hired CHWs in any part of the country. However, my Ministry employed ten Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) per constituency during the second phase of the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) to work with communities at the constituency level. CHEWs that were recruited consisted mainly of persons with basic training in health related disciplines. view