Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 431 to 440 of 977.

• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, have they been upgraded from dispensaries to health centres or from health centres to district hospitals? We will be able to answer that question if I get that clarification! This is because that question should be directed to the other Ministry. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted a clarification from the hon. Member. Is it upgrading from--- view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as soon as they are upgraded, we request the KEMSA to make sure that the drug kit for those dispensaries is converted for health centres. On clinical officers, we have now been given authority to employ more clinical officers and that is in the process. Maybe the upgrading happened a little bit earlier when we did not have the authority to employ more clinical officers. We have been employing those officers together with the nurses because we now have authority. The hon. Members whose constituencies have more unemployed nurses should give me or the MOH ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, indeed, have requested that authority from the PSC that we convert some of the positions available. For example, we have many nurses who were allowed in the financial year--- That is 20 plus another 15. We requested that we give some of those positions to other professionals who are needed more in health institutions, for example, laboratory technicians. I will do that as soon as I get the authority from the PSC. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologize for coming a little bit late. It is not usually my practice. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: (a)The criteria is based on the level of care where we refer to standards and norms which are either a health centre or a dispensary. Other considerations include availability of space, utilization rate or workload, gapping pattern, procurement of delivery beds and delivery kits at national level, facilities which are specific partner support. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: (b)The facility has two delivery beds with only one in use and the other one in store due to inadequate space. The facility maternity utilization is very low which stands at 19 per cent or 195 deliveries per year. Health centres receive equipment from Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), the Central Medical Stores, partners and CDF. The last time the facility received delivery beds was in 2009 from KEMSA. According to the facilities categorization as per the Ministry of Health Norms and Standards for Health Service Deliveries 2006, Angurai Health Centre still lacks the starting requirements for its level. There ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I indicated this morning, through the stimulus package we are employing more nurses. Indeed, we employed 20 nurses per constituency last year, except for those constituencies which did not have enough numbers. To fill in that quota, we requested the Public Service Commission (PSC) to allow us to import from constituencies which have an overflow. I believe that is forthcoming and we will start that exercise very soon. I would also like to inform the hon. Member that from the number we received in this year’s Budget, of the 15 extra nurses, we have ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I certainly hope that there are no mothers sharing any delivery beds. That is not possible. Maybe they share beds after delivery or before delivery, but not delivery beds. We will be supplying equipment, especially for the model health facilities all over the country. We will try and give as much furniture as we can. Even from the CDF, there are many hon. Members who have really augmented our efforts by trying to supply some of those things. I have enough delivery beds which I will deliver where they are required. However, there must be ... view