Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion, which is very dear to my heart as a medical doctor. First of all, let me thank Hon. Koinange for having come up with this Motion, and tell him that very soon we should get together and have this turned into a Bill. As we do that, there are certain areas that we shall have to relook at; what comes to mind immediately I look at the Motion is Article 43(2) of the Constitution, which is very clear. The operational words are “shall not be” ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think that we are standing on very slippery ground if we pass this proposed new amendment. This is because, for one, when you talk about adoption laws in this country, we always consider a child being adopted into a family that comprises of a man and a woman. Secondly, the definition of an infant needs to be very clear. I want to urge hon. Njoki Ndung'u to define what an infant is. Probably, some of us might not understand it because in the medical terms, we might understand it differently from what she means. ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will be very brief. First of all, I would not like a law passed that specifically addresses one part of the gender, especially when we look at Clause 45(c), which specifically talks about women. I think that is a bad law. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I meant Clause 65(C). It is specifically talking about women and just for that reason I will oppose this because what will happen in future when we have a situation where we have more women employed? view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, Clause 65(C)(2)(b) says: "ensure that not less thirty per cent of all new employment employees recruited or appointed by the public service authority are women". It specifically mentions women and yet, at the beginning, it is talking about gender. I wish the hon. Prof. Julia Ojiambo would have even talked about the opposite gender. I would, probably, accept it. It should not specifically talk about women. For that reason, I will oppose. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware. (b) The existing policy on housing for all public servants is that they should be paid a monthly housing allowance which they should use to rent the accommodation they consider appropriate for their needs. Since most of our hospitals are situated in towns, our staff have not encountered difficulties in finding appropriate accommodation in the towns nearby the hospitals. For rural health facilities, our staff are housed within the compounds while others operate from their own homes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I also add that the ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we understand the policy of the Government. At the moment, even those who are housed in Government houses have to pay a certain amount of rent to the Government. Many health workers find that the rent they pay for Government houses is much more than what they would pay for houses of private developers. This has led to a situation where there are quite a number of hospitals in this country where even Government houses that are available are not being occupied. This is because of the high rent that is being charged that ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think there are two issues where I am probably not making myself clear on. One, all our health workers are paid house allowance. Let us start from that premise. Then after that, if there are Government houses within the compound of the hospital, these health workers are then required to pay rent to the Government from their house allowance. So, most of the health workers find that it is much more expensive to pay rent to the Government than what they will pay for private houses. I think that is another point. So, we are ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it depends on which facilities the hon. Member is talking about. If it is a dispensary, then we do not insist that there must be houses within the compound. If it is a slightly bigger facility like a health centre or a sub-district hospital, that is when we insist that there must be houses for our health workers. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that will require a complete overhaul of the Government policy. The Government policy, in not only the Ministry of Health but in all the other Ministries, is that our public servants are paid house allowance. That is the policy that was passed. view