Boaz Kipchumba Kaino

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation when the Ministry will provide an ambulance to Kaptalamwa Health Centre, considering the vastness of the area it serves, for example, Lelan in Marakwet District and Lelan in West Pokot District. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sympathizing with the Minister. Hon. Bahari and other Members have just asked similar Questions in this House. Could the Ministry take this as a priority because Kenyans are suffering in many places? view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to respond. I wish to thank all my colleagues who contributed to this very important Bill. I would also like to thank the Assistant Minister who has just responded on behalf of the Ministry on this very important Bill. The principle objective of this Bill has been captured by the Members who contributed on the debate. They all touched on malaria as a very serious killer disease in this country. It requires a lot of attention from all Kenyans to see that malaria is controlled. Many hon. Members have contributed ... view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: A student from Turkana can go to Mombasa and enrol for diploma course in pharmacy, or he can enrol for a diploma course in sports at Kenyatta University and study in the university’s branch in Mombasa. So, we can go everywhere. Let us consider every corner of this country as our own country. That is a very important issue but more importantly, let us take the Anopheles mosquito, which is the carrier of the malaria causing parasite, as the key thing that Kenyans are trying to deal with. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to mention one very important thing, so that I can rest my case, as the Minister said, institutions like KEMRI do research indoors. Even NGOs like CARE International and ICIPE treat malaria, but very little is done on control of mosquitoes, which are the careers of this disease. Mosquitoes breed on still water in cans, ponds, et cetera. We are now starting irrigation schemes under the Economic Stimulus Programme. We have fish ponds and irrigation schemes mushrooming in various locations of this country. If the Ministry does not accept to carry on with us ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday while moving this Bill on malaria, I did mention that malaria is a number one killer disease in the country. It requires the attention of this hon. House, the Government, the Ministry concerned and all citizens in the country. It requires the attention of particularly the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, which can control this anopheles mosquito. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill comes as no surprise because malaria accounts for 30 to 50 per cent of all the outpatients, and 20 per cent of ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while this and other policy interventions by the Government are welcome, I am of the view that a solid framework is central to improve the fight against malaria. Policy interventions on their own cannot adequately tackle the malaria scourge. It is at this juncture that I wish to examine our legal framework and the provisions on malaria. Our legal regime presently provides for a Malaria Prevention Act, Cap.246, which commenced in 1929. This enactment of Parliament on malaria was done in 1929 before we got Independence. You can realise how the colonialists were seriously concerned ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so many changes have come to this country. While human beings have different behaviours, even insects have different behaviours. Things change. Environments change. In 1929, what is today known as highland malaria was not there. Today, mosquitoes even breed in highland areas where there was no malaria. But today, many people die and others are admitted to hospitals just because of malaria. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services take a lot of concern about HIV/AIDS control, leaving the number one killer disease in this country, which is malaria. Malaria ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: The Government is now geared to making this country sufficient in food production. We have directed all our efforts in irrigation schemes. Irrigation schemes make water available in even areas where there was no water. By so doing, we are creating breeding places for mosquitoes. We are doing so without considering the health of the communities around those places. We are creating a disaster. The purpose of this Bill is to make sure that there are enough medical personnel to deal specifically with malaria. That is why I have brought this Bill for the Ministry and the Government to take ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am seeking the support of my colleagues in this House because this will relieve Kenyans who are suffering from this disease. Half of outpatients in our hospitals today are diagnosed to be malarial cases. Half those occupying hospital beds in this country are malaria cases. This tells us how serious this issue is. We must take measures to control the breeding of mosquitoes. In 1960s, some countries thought they would completely eradicate malaria. But many people died from malaria cases. Even people in Asian countries who thought they were experts on malaria, have now designed ... view