Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: In fact, the minimum we required - and I want to appeal to the Minister - I think we managed to get the money allocated for the three machines. But, ideally, we needed four so that we add one more to KNH, we take one to Kisumu, one to Eldoret, one to Nyeri and one to Mombasa. That is just the minimum we can do as a nation to ensure that what this Motion is requesting of us - free treatment for all Kenyans with cancer - cannot only be realized, but would have been the building blocks towards the ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we seem to be spending a lot of money on diseases like HIV/AIDS and TB - the communicable diseases. But the killer diseases now are the non-communicable diseases. Last year, as the Chair of the Parliamentary Network on Population and Development, we had engaged the researchers who are doing good work with Parliament so that we really get the statistics. In a study done in Korogocho and Viwandani, you will be shocked by the kind of people who are suffering - the urban poor. They are suffering from what we call lifestyle diseases, which also ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Just the other day, I was watching a programme on TV and my good friend, Jerry Okungu, is suffering from the same problem. For each and every Kenyan, either these things are becoming more frequent or we are becoming a more open society where the people who are affected are going to inform us of what is happening. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: My final contribution is that, indeed, this House and the whole nation need to start a programme on health seeking behavior. Some of us, as a House, are on medical cover. But how many of us at the age of 40, when we should be doing the examinations on prostate cancer and all the other things do that? The surest way to treat cancer is early detection and early diagnosis. Even, as a House, we are not organizing opportunities for hon. Members to be sensitized. That is because with the kind of workload we have - we are working 24/7 ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I hear my friend, Mr. Benjamin Langat complaining. But I want to assure him that I am paid to talk and I am going to exhaust the number of minutes that I have. I beg to support! view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for my good friend, hon. Koech, who is the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology, to claim that the Board must speak with one voice, when even the Minister himself and the Vice-President are speaking at cross purposes on the same issue? view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me thank you for giving me an opportunity. I just want to make a few comments. One, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has a catchment area, including the entire North Rift, where I come from; 500 kilometers away. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this particular amendment for one simple reason, that somebody must take responsibility. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: In the first instance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Board must take responsibility for failing to do its work. I would also like my good Minister, the Professor, to take responsibility for the loss in this particular hospital. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot play politics; we cannot display sheer incompetence or feign ignorance with people’s lives. I have had occasions when five of my people were referred to this particular hospital and I had to make personal interventions for them to be treated. They had already been referred there from Lodwar District Hospital. They went to the referral facility and they were not attended to for months, even after being given appointments. I was a bit against this amendment, but on the basis of that issue, somebody must take responsibility. view