Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I will give the same answer that I have been giving. I will look into the whole scheme to see what is required and what is available. You were on the other side one time and you know that the Treasury will not allow you to use money where you did not ask for it. We will check what we have and if possible, we will do it. If it is not possible, we will ask the Treasury for more money. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to make a Ministerial Statement on the outbreak of Ebola. I wish to inform the House that there is no confirmed case of Ebola in Kenya following an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring country, Uganda. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On Thursday 26th July, 2012, my Ministry was informed of a mysterious disease that had infected 20 people and killed 14 of them in Kibaale District, mid western Uganda, which is about 200 kilometers from Kampala. My Ministry immediately issued an alert to all the districts and provincial headquarters informing them of the mysterious disease. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On Saturday, 28th July, 2012, my Ministry received information from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicating that the mysterious disease had been confirmed from laboratory investigations done in Uganda to be Ebola. We immediately issued another alert informing the districts and provinces of the diagnosis and clinical presentation. We also highlighted the measures that health workers were required to undertake in the event a case was identified in Kenya. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I wish to inform hon. Members that Ebola is a highly fatal disease caused by a virus and it has no known cure or vaccine. Those infected present with high fever, headache, body pains, abdominal pains, vomiting, diarrhea, red eyes and a measles-like rush. Although the disease sometimes causes bleeding from body openings, this is not a common feature of the current outbreak in Uganda. Ebola was discovered in 1976 and since that time, there have been 25 outbreaks. No Ebola outbreak has ever been recorded in Kenya. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: The disease is spread by direct physical contact with body fluids such as saliva, blood, stool, urine, vomit, sweat and soiled linen from an infected person. The key measure to be undertaken in the control of this disease is contact tracing and isolation of all persons who have been in contact with confirmed or suspected cases. At the moment, this measure is being undertaken in Uganda, especially in Kibaale District, which is the epicenter of the current outbreak. One fatal case that was reported in Kampala was actually a referral from Kibaale District. The deceased was a clinician who had ... view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform this House that my Ministry has put in place various measures to ensure that the disease does not spread to Kenya. These include:- (1) Setting up of a national task force. The national task force will:- (a) continuously monitor the situation (b) ensure preventive measures are in place; and, (c) ensure that the country is adequately prepared to respond to any occurrence. The task force, which is chaired by the Director of Public Health and Sanitation will be meeting twice in a week to assess and advise on any evolving situations. ... view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: A suspected case was reported in Siaya District Hospital on Monday, 30th July, 2012. However, this is not yet a confirmed Ebola case, but a case of someone who had eaten meat from a pot that had been rescued from a python. He had presented with bleeding from the gums and had also seen some blood in urine and stool. However, specimens have been taken to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) for analysis and results are awaited. view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Just this morning, we have received reports of a patient admitted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret with suspected symptoms. He had travelled view
• 2 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: from South Sudan through Kampala by bus. Samples have already been taken and the case is being investigated. Let me add that bleeding in a patient may be caused by a wide variety of factors. We have, therefore, asked for our health workers to be thorough in their investigations before they can positively declare that a case of Ebola has been identified. (3) My Ministry has also strengthened surveillance at all the ports of entry and any suspected cases are being handled professionally. We have further requested the district health teams in the border areas of Uganda to provide for ... view