Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was almost sure that the hon. Minister was here. I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that an ambulance stationed at Ekerenyo Sub-District Hospital was involved in an accident on 15th July, 2007, just one year after procurement. (b) I am also aware that Ekerenyo Sub-District Hospital lacks adequate infrastructural capacity to serve residents. (c) Ekerenyo Sub-District Hospital was elevated to that status only in August 2008. The Ministry, therefore, plans to replace the ambulance for the hospital and improve its infrastructure within the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework for 2009 to 2012. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to apologise; because I was trying to get his words, but he was far from the microphone. If he could just be kind enough to repeat the question! view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have explained to the hon. Member, we have, within the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework for 2009 to 2012, ordered several ambulances, including those for this specific sub-district hospital. This is a three-year cycle. I want to assure the hon. Member that I will give him priority as far as the procurement of this ambulance is concerned. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with a lot of respect to the hon. Member, I beg to disagree. We follow a specific pattern in terms of addressing specific needs for specific district hospitals. So, I--- view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am perfectly in order! In fact, the issue of addressing specific things is very relevant. But we are not fire-fighting. As a policy direction in this Ministry, we have agreed to tackle the problem in accordance with the plan that we have. We do not want to fire-fight. So, if it is an ambulance, we are procuring it in a defined structure. That is what we are doing. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the period is 2009 to 2012. The year 2009 is the first year. We follow the financial year cycle, but I will give you priority, hon. Ombui. I undertake to do that. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to raise a matter of great concern to me and to this Parliament. There has been a serious media campaign against the integrity and stand of this Parliament not only in the country, but also internationally. This has been the case because of the Kenya Communication (Amendment) Bill which has now been converted to be "the Media Bill" when, in fact, it had more things than just that. This Parliament hosted the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in 2006. It also passed Standing Orders here and as a result, other countries ... view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the second category, I would like to talk about the foreign envoys. This is a sovereign State. We also have a sovereign Parliament. What is the position, ruling and direction of this House, in as far as foreign envoys who attack the sovereignty of this Parliament and its sovereign decisions outside this House? view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Finally, with regard to the media, what is the position and ruling of this House in a case where we have a media that deliberately distorts the information and decisions of this Parliament? The media has sought to minimise this House's decision and mix it with the question of taxation of Members of Parliament when, in fact, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has already made a decision to appoint a tribunal. The matter of taxation has nothing to do with the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is your ruling? What do we do with a media that ... view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: The question that then arises is, whether it is Parliament which is being gagged by the media or the media being gagged by Parliament. It appears that for as long as we disagree on these matters, we will be misreported, misquoted and told all manner of things. Personally, I said that we must have, like what happens in all other administrative organs of the Government, control, distribution of power and so on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Parliament is controlled by the Judiciary which is controlled by the Executive, which is controlled by Parliament. There must be checks and balances. I ... view