Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the information of this House, the drug called "AL" and Coartem are one and the same drug. I want to confirm to the House that we have enough doses of Coartem or "AL" in all our health facilities. If there is a specific case that the hon. Member knows about, I would like him to bring it to us because we are confident that all our health facilities have these drugs available. view
• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the interventions that have been put in place--- I am glad that Dr. Manduku, being a medical doctor has appreciated that we have not had cases of Highland malaria being reported in the last few months. I would like, again, to confirm that some of the indicators to show that we are actually winning the war against this disease are for instance; the cases of blood transfusion in our hospitals have dropped by 90 per cent and admissions due to malaria in our health facilities have also dropped by 50 per cent. I can say with ... view
• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a medical doctor, I know that any competent medical personnel should be able to diagnose malaria as opposed to typhoid, even with the clinical signs and symptoms. We should not always rely on equipment like microscopes, as my colleague has said, in order to diagnose malaria. Malaria is a disease that can be diagnosed by any medical personnel. As I had said, and will repeat, we have adequate treatment in all our health facilities. view
• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a good question. Some of the interventions I mentioned earlier were preventive interventions; for instance, using of bed nets, residual sprays within houses and the aspect of using the campaigns we have put forth. That is also a preventive measure. So, I think that with those interventions, we are winning the war against malaria. We are also confident that we will meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as far as deaths due to malaria are concerned. view
• 19 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I reply, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this Bill. As has been pointed out, we had exhaustively discussed this Bill in the last session and the enthusiasm then was very evident. I want to welcome the comments that have been made about this Bill. I want to say that we will take all those comments when we come to the Committee of the Whole House and see how we can turn a good Bill into an even better one. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just comment ... view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Kanja Health Centre has no ambulance. (b) My Ministry provides ambulances to hospitals and health institutions which have in- patient services; that is, maternity and general in-patient. Kanja Health Centre operates out-patient service and does not have in-patient service which require the services of an ambulance. However, in case of an emergency, the officer in charge of the health centre has communication facilities to call an ambulance from Embu Provincial General Hospital which is 10 kilometres away. This system has been working without any problem. Kanja Health ... view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the biggest consideration that I put forward was that Kanja Health Centre does not have in-patient services. I would like the hon. Member who is my friend to tell me whether they have in-patient services or not. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have said this many times in this House. Once we have a health centre, it must be gazetted. Even if a health centre is not gazetted but we are assured that it has health workers, we are ready to equip it in terms of equipment, drugs and other supplies. We are doing that in virtually all the health centres and dispensaries in the country. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Yes. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. I am aware that Gongoni Dispensary offers services as a health centre at the moment. Funding for its renovation received for the Financial Year July, 2006 to June 2007 was that of a health centre, hence it is only remaining to be officially gazetted as a health centre and more staff deployed. This issue is already being addressed. Let me reiterate that what is left is a mere formality. Otherwise, the facility, to all intents and purposes, is operating as a health centre. view