David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1501 to 1510 of 2696.

• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I hope the good people of Nakuru Town East are going to re-elect me back to Parliament for a second term. I just want to understand because I have been a very keen follower of the Third Reading. You put the Question every time even for a clause which does not have amendments. Maybe it is a Parliamentary procedure, but is it necessary? view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill, which has been tabled by our brother. You can see what is currently happening in this country. Doctors have been on strike for more than 75 days. No health services are being offered at the local level. Kenyans are suffering. The Clinical Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Bill will go a long way to address some of the issues that would cause doctors and nurses to go on strike. It is so sad that a clinical officer goes through some training and cannot practise ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, secondly, I want to talk about the definition of a clinic. A clinic should also have a proper definition. These days, any doctor goes to some corner in the country and starts a clinic that is hardly, say, 10 by 10 feet. A proper definition of a clinic must be given. I remember when counties were legislating on alcohol, they specified in the law what a bar is. They specified that a bar should have 50 seats where customers can sit. You can imagine a person who is drinking while standing. Within 10 minutes that person will, ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill provides for registration and licensing. I totally agree with that. In the past, clinical officers were not licensed and allowed to operate. This Bill will go a long way in streamlining this. This Bill also intends to address the issue of gender representation in the Board, especially for marginalised communities. It is important that we take that into consideration. We need to consider the marginalised groups when it comes to appointment to boards. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The medical practice is changing each day and we need to move along with the current technological changes. We wanted to put up a very big hospital in Nakuru County where a doctor, say, from India, would be consulted and he or she treats patients from thousands of kilometres away. This is an issue which needs to be considered particularly given the changing trends in the medical fraternity. We need to be in line with what is happening currently. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Part II of the Bill talks about the establishment, composition, functions and powers of the Board. About training of medical personnel, just the other day, we had a notorious “doctor” by the name Mugo, who was allegedly trying to come up with other modes of treatment as reported by the media. These quacks need to be dealt with. Training for clinical officers must have a curriculum. There should be a curriculum that every clinical officer should go through, so that we can address the registration and licensing aspects. It needs to be formulated in such a way that we do ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Regarding private practice, I totally accept and support the provision that clinical officers need to be licensed to do private practice. I am in the Committee on Implementation and one day we visited Wajir County following a Petition which was brought before this House. Most doctors have refused to go to remote areas like Wajir. They claim that they are not paid well and that places like Wajir are remote. Most doctors would prefer giving their services in urban areas. Clinical officers will address that issue by working where doctors have refused to work. We are finding it very difficult ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I thank the Member of Parliament who brought this important Bill which addresses the licensing of clinical officers. Of course, we will bring some amendments during the Committee of the whole House stage. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First, I want to thank the Committee for having labored to come up with this policy. The most important aspect about it is the prevention part. If we continue allowing slums to grow every now and then, we will forever face this problem. This policy is trying to address the prevention of upcoming slums. view