Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: 4222 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 6, 2006 view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 40 as follows:- Anonymous testing 40A(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, the Minister for the time being responsible for matters relating to health may prescribe guidelines under which anonymous testing for HIV may be carried out. (2) Any anonymous testing conducted pursuant to this section shall only be for the purposes of public health. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the new clause is meant to introduce anonymous testing, which shall be used in biomedical ... view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, anonymous testing basically means that we draw blood from an individual, take it to the laboratory, but rather than putting a name to identify it, we put a number. This is basically done for research purposes so that we are in a position to tell what the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in our community at any given time is. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I thought we would not go into a lot of details. However, the prevalent rates of the HIV/AIDS that we have in this country have come from the sentinel sites that we have. Those are selected sites. They could be for antenatal care and so on. If we want to get a true picture of the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in this country, we have to do anonymous tests. Those tests will allow us to get a true prevalence rate of the disease in the country at any given time. So, it is for research, ... view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Bill is very clear on this. Nobody will be tested for HIV/AIDS unless they have given consent. That bit is very clear. The other bit that we are now trying to introduce in anonymous testing is for purposes of knowing where we are, as a country, at any given time. So, on the one hand, we have provisions in the Bill. Nobody will be tested or denied employment opportunities just because they have not tested for HIV/AIDS. This is all covered in the Bill. However, this is just for us, as a country, and ... view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: That is why we are calling it anonymous because nobody will know that the blood comes from, for example, Mr. Ojaamong. When we collect the blood, it will just be given a number, it will not be attached with a name. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think there is no contradiction. In anonymous testing, no body will ever know who has given his or her blood. For purposes of research and surveys, it is extremely important that, we, as a country, know what our prevalent rates are at any given time. I do not see any contradiction in that. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, that is very true. Of course, the blood will be drawn by a person. However, the person drawing the blood is not the person going to do the test. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I am really confused. We passed one amendment before and we have passed another one now. Does that mean that the first one dies and the second one takes precedence? Where are we? view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view