Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 631 to 640 of 923.

• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 21st February, 2019:- The Report on the Sugar Industry Taskforce Consultative Meeting with Members of Parliament held on 15th January, 2019, in Kisumu County. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Next Order! view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to issue a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1) on a matter concerning Kakamega County. I rise to make a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: statement concerning the state of affairs at Kakamega County General Hospital in Kakamega County. First and foremost, I wish to inform the House that during the last quarter of the year 2018, I visited the Kakamega County General Hospital to determine its state of affairs. Mr. Speaker Sir, I wish, from the onset, to register that there was a general positive transformation of the facility, both in infrastructure and management systems that had brought about improved service delivery. The hospital Information Technology system was perfect and patients did not walk all over the facility with papers from one section to ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) had modern working machines, hence, the county did not have to refer patients to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) services as it was the case in the past. Mr. Speaker Sir, there were several other remarkable improved hospital structures and infrastructure; modern parking lot, well constructed gate, roofed pathways connecting administration blocks, different offices and the wards, as well as a neat and current beautification of the entire hospital premises. The entire hospital was generally clean, both outside and inside, including the wards, hence, enhancing the hygiene standards of ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: There was also reported an upward review of hospital service prices and this had a negative effect on clients. Most patients found it difficult to access the services because they could not afford the bed charges, which had increased from Kshs200 to Kshs500. The X-ray services increased from Kshs5,000 to Kshs10,000, just to mention but a few. These increases were partially attributed to the fact that the hospital was treating the cash patients at the same rates with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) patients, whose costs were generally higher than for the cash patients. Mr. Speaker, Sir, bearing in ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: The entire mortuary department was in a pathetic state. No single fridge was working and the entire working environment was not conducive to the morticians. There is a need to review the contract awarded to renovate the mortuary. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: The intern doctors’ block was incomplete. This meant that the intern doctors were accommodated far away from the facility. There was also an outcry by doctors and nurses The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: that they were not given any opportunity to go for further studies and capacity building programmes to enhance competency and specialized service delivery. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: The recurrent expenditure of the hospital facility was too high compared to the allocation given per month by the county government to run the hospital. The facility required approximately Kshs26 million per month to run its activities, yet they only received Kshs.10 million per month. The monthly cash collections were approximately Kshs14million and cash received on NHIF patients was 150 per cent of the cash collected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also established that it was very expensive to maintain the Cuban doctors. First, they do not understand English or Kiswahili, let alone Luhya. There are certain diseases in Luhya, which ... view