Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 977.

• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Dr. Eseli sought clarification on a matter raised in a Ministerial Statement. It is about the use of lead and cadmium as colouring in plastic containers. He also wanted the Minister to tell the House the manufacturers who use lead and cadmium to manufacture plastics. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I also want to oppose the deletion. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: We all know that these decisions were made when this country was going through a difficult time and the Principals sat down to agree on the composition of the Government. The House was not sitting at the time these changes were made. I do not view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) From December, 2008, when the first case was detected, 31 districts have been affected, and in 20 districts the disease has been contained. About 3,946 cumulative suspected cases have been reported. There have been only 200 laboratory confirmed cases. Out of these, 89 deaths have occurred among those suspected and confirmed cases since December, 2008. Currently, there are outbreaks of diarrheal diseases in 11 districts. I say diarrheal diseases because it is not all of them that are cholera cases. (b) My Ministry, in collaboration with other stakeholders in the health sector, ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to add that there are figures given from other quarters and not from the Ministry of Public Health or the Ministry of Medical Services. Those other partners or stakeholders do not test the cases. They term any diarrheal cases as cholera and we all know that not all diarrheal cases are cholera. One time and another, I am sure many hon. Members have suffered like I have. view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to correct the insinuation that it is the Red Cross which has been at the forefront in fighting this disease. On the contrary, it is the officials, doctors and nurses from both Ministries of Public Health and Sanitation and Medical Services. We appreciate the support given by the Red Cross but it cannot test. The hon. Member is a doctor and he knows that you have to grow a culture before you can know it is truly cholera. Many people suffer from diarrhoea which is not--- view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the swab has to be cultured. You have to develop that. He is a doctor, I am not a doctor but I know and I have been informed by professionals that after the swab, it has to be developed to decide whether it is cholera or not. view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: But the fact is, all the diarrhoea cases are not cholera. After such rains we are having now, first, we had the drought. It was an agent for cholera because water dried up and our people get water from all sorts of sources. Nobody knows what is in this water and whereas we have tried to chlorinate the wells and give out tablets to clean the water, they still cannot cover the whole country. After the drought our people bought water without knowing the source. Then we had floods which bring with them the Swine Flu. So, this has nothing ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On cholera, we all know it spreads through unclean water or food. There is a problem of water which is not the problem of the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. We thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for giving the Ministry of Water and Irrigation a lot of money to provide water through dams and boreholes which we shall then chlorinate. But this is a problem of climatic change. I just attended a meeting in Geneva and all the countries are crying about an increased outbreak of diseases because of the extreme weather patterns; either it ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Mr. Bahari. As I said in my answer, because we did that in Laisamis and all the areas that this has happened. As soon as there is onset of such a situation; that patients report acute diarrhoea or unstoppable diarrhoea, immediately, we give medication. We do not even wait until that is tested to decide whether it is cholera or not. All patients who are coming in that condition are being treated. We also treat their families or the areas where they are coming from. That is the way we are trying to ... view