Beth Mugo

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• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the hon. Member for that question. Again, sub-district hospitals also fall under the Ministry of Medical Services. It is the model health centres to which we are going to supply the ambulances I talked about. If it pleases the hon. Members, I have also acquired from the World Bank 90 utility vehicles and five heavy duty ambulances; both were tendered for last year, but because of the fall in value of the shilling, the dealer refused to release them and now we are tendering again for them. When these vehicles come, again, ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm here that all North Eastern model health centres are completed. There are many others that have been completed and we thank hon. Members who have worked very hard. We might not do exactly that; that we give an ambulance to whichever is completed first. There are some in North Rift where distances are very difficult. I did commit that we will look after those first. But in the district where the hon. Member comes from, and because of the special work he does and the many accidents that occur on that road, yes, ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If you allow me, first, I would like to give a personal statement. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I issue the Ministerial Statement sought by hon. Gitobu Imanyara last week on contaminated maize that was distributed by the Kenya Red Cross in some parts of the country, I would like to make a Personal Statement regarding very harsh, false and misleading sentiments that were uttered yesterday on the Floor of this House by some hon. Members, led by the Member for Ikolomani, hon. Khalwale. I quote:- “Mrs. Beth Mugo has been in the House and deliberately dogged answering this question; not her nor the Assistant Minister. They have gone away because they do not ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, it is true that I was in the House yesterday morning but I went out at 11.00 a.m. to attend a meeting of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) which was meeting to determine or to finalize the Report which we were doing. Indeed, I was all along ready to issue the Ministerial Statement but its allocated time was not due in the morning. This also emerged to be the position during yesterday afternoon’s session when I was still ready with the Statement but the Prime Minister’s session took long prompting the issuance of the Statement ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is not all lost, as Dr. Khalwale is telling me is lost, because I will move it correctly. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was requested to make a Ministerial Statement on the allegations that between 60,000 and 100,000 Kenyan children from certain parts of Eastern Province, Coast Province and almost the entire Northern Kenya region stand a great risk of being affected by bad maize that had been given to them by a company known as Proctor & Allan in the form of a product known as Unimix, which is said to be exposing the children to aflotoxin. My Ministry has gone into great length to dig out what happened and who is responsible for this very sad event. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: My Ministry conducted a survey on safety of maize in the country, from 25th to 30th April, 2010 and gave inter-Ministerial recommendations for prevention of aflatoxin in the country. The recommendations included procurement of moisture meters and mobile driers by the Ministry of Agriculture; replacement of contaminated maize with safe maize by the Ministry of State for Special Programmes; rapid testing for active aflotoxin; search in the vulnerable communities by my Ministry; and fast-tracking of the implementation of warehouses receipt system to encourage farmers to store their produce in National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) stores. Factory Maize millers were ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as the current debate on the Unifi products by Proctor & Allan is concerned, our investigations revealed that the maize for Unifi production at M/s Proctor & Allan had been tested by M/s SGS and M/s Pillion Services Laboratories and found to have acceptable levels of aflatoxin of 1.0 and 5.0, respectively, out of the maximum 10 ppt. We table Annexes 2(1) and 2(2). These annexes show the form from the testing agents, M/s SGS, showing 1.0 aflatoxin level; and M/s Pollucon Services Laboratories, showing 5.0 aflatoxin level, both of which are far below 10. ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not mislead the House. I had tabled the results from the companies that tested this maize giving to Proctor and Allan and saying the levels are 1 pb and 5 pb. That is what they milled. I did not say this maize was found to be contaminated after. The hon. Member got me wrong. I said immediately they milled the maize, it was distributed. It was not kept by the company. Maybe the maize was already contaminated. However, the people who tested this maize might have gotten it wrong. I want to remind this House ... view