Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me begin my presentation by acknowledging the very informative, inter-active and insightful deliberations that my Ministry has continued to have with the Parliamentary Committee on Health. The Chairman of the Committee and his team has been exceptionally resourceful, for which I am personally very grateful. In the same breath, let me also acknowledge the work that my officers and the Assistant Minister have put in under the very able and selfless leadership of the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Mark Bor. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to submit the expenditure estimates of the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation for the Financial Year 2010/2011. Public health is about managing threats to the health of a community and paying special attention to the social context of disease and health. The goal of public health is to improve lives by focusing on preventive or treatment of diseases, surveillance of cases and promotion of healthy behaviour. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the mandate of the Ministry as defined by the Government in the Presidential Circular No.1 of 2008 covers the following functions: Public Health and Sanitation Policy, preventive and promotive health services, community health services, health education, reproductive health, food quality and hygiene, health inspection and other public health services, quarantine administration, oversight of all sanitation services, preventive health programmes including vector control, national public health laboratories, Government chemists, dispensaries and health centres, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Radiation Protection Board and member of KEMSA Board and KMTC Board. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Vision of the Ministry is “a nation free from preventable diseases and ill-health.” The Mission of the Ministry is “to provide effective leadership and participate in the provision of quality public health and sanitation services that are equitable, responsive, accessible and accountable to Kenyans. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the objectives of the health sector are to:- (i) increase equitable access to health services; (ii) improve the quality and responsiveness of services in the sector; (iii)improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery; (iv) promote partnerships, (v) enhance the regulatory capacity of the Ministry; and, (vi) improve the financing of the health sector. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the key goals for my Ministry for the planning period 2008 – 2012 include:- view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (i) increase the number of children who have been fully immunized; view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) increase the capacity of health service, levels II and III, dispensaries and health centres to provide integrated management of childhood illness; view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) reduce the incidents of malnutrition in children under five years; view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (iv) increase the utilization of cost-effective reproductive health services through increase in the proportion of deliveries by skilled attendants; view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (v) increase contraceptive use and ante-natal attendants to, at least, four visits; view