Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, I thanked God already and we are holding a thanksgiving service in Dagoretti Constituency at Kawangware outside my constituency office. There is a big field there and I would like to invite all of you on Saturday 12th August at 12.00 p.m; that is the coming Saturday. It is an inter-denominational prayer meeting. Please come and we thank God together. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware. (b) My Ministry continuously implements the following measures in order to ensure that bottled water is safe for human consumption. There is routine monitoring of all business ... view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not a matter of law to give water. It is a business practice because it is willing buyer, willing seller but we would encourage it because it is good practice to offer water. My interest as the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation would be that that water they are being offered is clean for consumption because again getting tap water, unless one is sure that it is treated – I want to urge the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Local Government to make sure that tap water is clean for ... view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Act even empowers me to close the City Hall and even all the restaurants. However, I do not think that is the first step I should take because we all encourage one another. I urged all the restaurants to serve clean water. If that is the feeling of this House, yes, it is not difficult to issue the circular. I will issue it. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry would liaise with the Ministry of Medical Services to which this Question was initially directed, because on elevation, the facility would leave my Ministry’s jurisdiction and move to the Ministry of Medical Services. (b) If elevation of the health centre is approved, an Accident and Emergency Unit will have to be constructed to comply with its new status of a Level IV facility. (c) The Government had allocated funds for the supply of ambulances to the Model Health Centres built under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) in the financial years ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to clarify there that most hon. Members felt very strongly that the leasing system was not the best way to go, and it was better to purchase and own all these ambulances; that is the route we took. At the time, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance had to reduce from all Ministries certain amounts of money because of the drought situation for the money to go to the emergency. Therefore, we were allocated Kshs200 million only, with which we are buying 43 ambulances from CMC dealers. As soon ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is quite right that we have discussed this. The fact that I have visited the area twice shows my interest in the matter. I would like to inform the hon. Member that the division of health facilities between the Ministries is that under community health are Level I, dispensaries, and Level III, health centres. In these facilities, preventive activities take place. These are activities like immunization, child care, maternal health and all other things that we have to do in health centres. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Then the Ministry of Medical Services begins with Level IV, which means facilities with beds where patients are admitted. Level V are provincial hospitals and Level VI are national hospitals. The problem here is that the responsible Ministry of Medical Services must have in the budget money. When the status of a facility changes; the budget changes because the facilities change. Therefore, until there is money budgeted for that particular facility to elevate it to that level, it will be impossible for me to give a timeline. That is why I said we are consulting the two Directors of Public ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will liaise and we have been liaising. The biggest problem is the budget because you do not just pronounce that this now is Level IV, and you do not give all the facilities that go with a district hospital. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, okay. Point taken. I will. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, three months. view