Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 431 to 440 of 725.

• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2006/2007, my Ministry released Kshs180,000 to every dispensary and Kshs240,000 to every health centre. In this case, Gongoni Dispensary received Kshs240,000. view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is something that we do. Unless there is a specific case that we need to look at, I would like to ask Mr. Sambu to give me the details. Otherwise, as a formality, as soon as a health centre is gazetted, it gets facilities, drugs, equipment and personnel. view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in very simple terms, a dispensary offers out-patient services. A health centre offers in-patient services, namely, admission and maternity. Once we have a dispensary that has built additional rooms for in-patient services, we ask the District Medical Officer of Health to furnish us with that information. Then we gazette it as a health centre and it will start receiving drugs, equipment and personnel as a health centre. view
• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know what the hurry is for, when the facility is working as a health centre to all intents and purposes. However, the process for gazettement is on and maybe in another three weeks, it will be officially gazetted as a health centre. July 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2481 view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Tobacco Control Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Tobacco Control Bill began its journey in Kenya with the initial draft in November, 1995. Successive Parliaments have not disposed of it and I am sure that this current House will do this honourable country a duty--- view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, it is true that we read this Bill and Mr. Wetangula seconded it, but that was during the last Session and we did not go to the Committee of the Whole House. view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the object and purpose of the Tobacco Control Bill is to provide a legal framework for the control of production, manufacture, sale, labelling, advertising, promotion, sponsorship, use and exposure to tobacco smoke and its products. The reasons for this include the following:- (i) To protect the health of the individual and the public in general. (ii) To shield the public from misleading and deceptive inducement to use tobacco which then leads to dependency. (iiii) To protect the health of persons under the age of 18 years by preventing their exposure to tobacco or access to ... view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: from effects of exposure to tobacco and its products. I would like to say that this Bill is a very good one. The Government of Kenya signed and ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in June, 2004. The philosophy contained in the articles of this Treaty is captured in the Tobacco Control Bill. This allows Kenya to discharge her obligations and rights under international law. The Treaty sets the minimum allowable standards for national regulation and our efforts to domesticate the Treaty should, therefore, not go below this minimum standards set by the FCTC. This Bill does not ... view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have two issues I would like to inform my friend, Mr. Muturi. One, once we pass this Bill, no cigarettes will be sold in sticks. They will all be sold in packets. That is one thing. Nobody is going to sell cigarettes in sticks. We have made it very clear in that Bill. Secondly, I would like to say that we have had a lot of representation from the industry and we will remove that aspect of an insert during the Committee Stage. view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to point out something. My friend is totally out of order. First, this Bill does not ban smoking. Secondly, everybody has a choice to either smoke or not. I am sure my friend, Mr. Wamunyinyi knows very well the saying that: "Do as I say, not as I do." I am sure he is very conversant about that. So, all of us will choose the way we are going to die and nobody has a right to restrict somebody to choose the way they want to die. view