Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee on Health felt that we can partner with the Executive to ensure that the devolved function is administered properly. That is why we have come up with these amendments;t we can allow Members who had a different view about the constitutionality of what we have done to accept what we have done now. We have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: removed bottlenecks and we will pass this Report so that in the coming few years of the Executive running this country--- When health facilities are in place, they can be facilitated to deliver healthcare to Kenyans. This is because they are a very important plank of devolution. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In some places, for example ASAL areas, there has been a lot of improvement in healthcare in the sense that they are now able to see drugs that they never used to see. So, devolution of healthcare has done a lot in some areas. However, in some areas healthcare that people were getting has actually been curtailed. Hon. Speaker, with those few words, I support the amendment. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Is the hon. Member in order to insinuate that this Report is trying to take away the functions from the county governments? This Report, as amended, is not taking away functions from the county governments. That is very clear. I do not know why the hon. Member keeps on misleading the House. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank hon. Speaker. Unlike hon. Mule, I had only contributed to his amendment but now it is a chance to contribute to the body of the whole Report. I am usually impressed by the amount of interest this Report has raised. I did not anticipate that. But that just goes to show how much Members have been following up on the health care of their constituents and they have seen the constraints they are facing. I want to make some things very clear. Let nobody say that we are trying to claw back a devolved function. The devolved function remains ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The other question we need to ask ourselves is: Are our healthcare workers working in optimal conditions vis-a-vis their welfare, their training and remuneration? You will find that there has been a lot of industrial unrest in the healthcare sector since the devolution came about. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this Report attempts to address that crucial issue of making sure that the welfare of the healthcare workers and their training is taken care of. That is why The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: we are recommending a commission such as the Health Services Commission which is non-constitutional. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: There is an issue which I think was very critical. We devolved healthcare before we had a policy in place or a Health Bill. The Committee has been working with the Executive in the process of formulating those two. We hope that soon they will be able to bring them to the House. We ask the House to prioritize those issues; that is the healthcare policy and the Health Bill when they are brought to this House. This is because if those things were in place, probably we might not have faced very many problems. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: There is no governor or county that should worry that we are taking away some functions from it. There are those county governments which we know are doing well on healthcare. We have mentioned before the ASAL areas where people are now enjoying good healthcare which they did not have before. Those governments will be assisted to move faster since they are already on the right track. However, there are those county governments that are off the track. Those governments will be assisted and brought back on track. They will also be assisted to start moving and move faster so ... view