David Ouma Ochieng'

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• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: For the last 10 years, the population of clinical officers and nurses in this country has been dwindling in the public sector. What has brought about this situation? Important of them all has been the inability by the Government, in the guise of lack of resources, to recruit the required numbers. We train these professionals. I move this Motion with a very heavy heart, because we talk about building the capacity of the youth to enable them get jobs, but we do not employ those who have already acquired technical skills. Some of them leave high school at the age ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, overall, the Government of Kenya, as we speak has, at least, 3,700 health facilities; these are dispensaries, health centers and hospitals in this country. These include 275 hospitals, 595 health centers and 2,800 dispensaries, some of them not yet opened. I am sure that even in your constituency there are dispensaries that operate half day. They work between nine and midday because the clinical officer who comes there has to go to another facility on the same day. When I was preparing this Motion, I had this discussion with some clinical officers and some doctors; ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is one of the 57 countries globally, and 36 in sub-Saharan African, with critical shortage of health workers. For every 1,500 citizens in this country, there are only 2.5 clinical officers and 2.5 nurses. This is a dire situation in respect of which this House must take serious action to ensure that it is addressed. Records show that Kenya has 1.12 nurses per 1,000 people and 0.85 active nurses for every 1,000 people. That means for every 1,000 people, there is no nurse because 0.85 nurses is not a nurse. So, looking at these ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: There are some areas like in Pokot and a particular area in Mandera, where the clinical officer there last month broke down because he was the sole clinical officer; he had to work during the day and at night when there were emergencies. He had to work all through. So, this person has to be withdrawn from Mandera to Nairobi for counseling. When that happens, there is nobody to attend to the sick in that part of the country. Most The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: importantly, as we try to absorb personnel and try to equip our health facilities in this country, one major thing that runs through our health sector is lack of equity, or fairness in the way we deploy our medical personnel. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Just to give you a glimpse of what is happening in the country today, Siaya County, where I come from, its population is the same as that of Busia, Homa Bay and Kericho, but if I tell you the number of nurses in Siaya County today, you will be shocked. In the whole county that has Rarieda, Alego Usoga, Bondo, Gem and Ugenya constituencies we have a paltry 164 nurses, but across the road in Busia we have 387 nurses. We have 164 nurses yet if you move to the next county of Bungoma, we have 637 nurses. If you ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: not be making decisions in vain. This is not a baraza, or a high school debating club. It is a decision making organ of this country and when we make decisions, let them be carried through; let them be implemented. That is why I am saying that the Government should move swiftly to employ 12,000 clinical officers and 5,000 nurses within this year. These must be deployed equitably to the counties. I have heard people saying that health services are now a responsibility of the counties. Nothing could be further from the truth. Health financing remains a sacrosanct duty of ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to donate a minute each to Hon. Munuve and the hon. Member over there; a minute to that hon. Member, a minute to that other hon. Member and a minute to Hon. Mule. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am sorry because of my colleagues who may not have contributed to this Motion. Hon. Members have contributed to this Motion for the last three hours and it is not possible for everyone to contribute to it even within the 10 minutes I have donated. However, I want to thank every Member of this Parliament who has supported it. The Constitution provides the right to health. I want to make it very clear that the Constitution that we have now does not bar the national Government from employing health officers. In fact, there is nothing ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health for what she raised. We must realize that the power of making the Budget is now in the hands of this august House. We cannot say that we do not have money. We can allocate and re- allocate to ensure that what we seek to do, as a Parliament, comes to pass. What we want done to this Motion does not require a Bill. We are talking about a one-off employment. I do not think that a Bill is suitable for that kind of thing. We want ... view