Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to comment on what has been said again and again. This House is not abolishing the Rome Statute today. It is an expression of the feeling of this House. It is a Motion and we ask you to rule in favour that this House cannot be intimidated not to express its feelings and ask the Government to do what it takes. This is what America and other governments have done, because they found that the Rome Statute was oppressive to its people. That is all we want to ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I hereby table a list of all health facilities in Turkana County from 1980 to date, stating the name, location, staffing levels and level of facility. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: In Turkana County, the Ministry has 85 health facilities and the staffing levels are 120 health workers. This includes clinical officers and nurses. I table the registration of vehicles assigned. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Regarding the names of the District Health Management board members, I would like to state that according to Legal Notice No.79 of 2009 of Kenya Gazette Notice No.37 of 5th June, 2009, the Ministry gazzeted the formed Health Management Committees to replace the District Health Management Boards. At the moment, all the districts, constituencies or health facilities which have formed those management committees have been gazetted. This is the list as pertaining to Turkana County where the dispensaries are yet to form their lists of management boards. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to table a list of the emergency ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of the plans we have put in place are improving working staffing levels of 20 nurses per constituency and to include an additional 15 nurses as per the budget of this year. We are also strengthening the supply of essential medicines and medical supplies. We also secured funding from the World Bank to strengthen procurement and offer essential medicines. We also secured 90 vehicles to be given to the constituencies. Those will be utilities for our health officers. That will be realized by June, next year. There are plans to secure 300 ambulances. The discussions ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to add that these are only facilities relating to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. We also have facilities like district hospitals and provincial hospitals to add to the need. However, I acknowledge that they are not enough. To begin with, every constituency has a model clinic that is being constructed now. That is not the end. We expect to open many more. I want to encourage that in vast areas, we use CDF money to construct and I will open, give supplies, health workers as well as medicines to operationalize them. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am afraid that I do not have the exact number of qualified doctors working currently in Turkana. However, I can make it available. So, I will not give the hon. Member the exact number of doctors in Turkana County. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when this Question was first put to me, it involved both Ministries of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the CDF is doing very well in this role. Right now, we are waiting to open over 600 health facilities around the country constructed using the funds. We are very happy. In fact, some of them are very close to each other. That is why we are taking audit as we open, because we must also look at availability of health workers and medical kits and see where we should supply them. I do not think there is shortage of health facilities. We have not abdicated our role to construct more health facilities. I think it is ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know it is a hardship area. Personally, I visited some areas in the north rift and Turkana North. I know it is a hardship area. So, I will address this question. We will look into it and see what can be done. However, if there are any hardship allowances, they will apply to all hardship areas. I believe that we have such a scheme. The other thing we can do is to see if we can post more staffing than the 35 per every constituency. I believe we should do better in those vast areas just ... view