Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 591 to 600 of 725.

• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not be able to lay them on the Table tomorrow, but give me up to next week. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also say one or two things about the Finance Bill. I would like to start off by joining my colleagues who have commended the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for their work that has been exceptionally good. I am sure every right-thinking Kenyan is proud of the KRA. The KRA has made it possible for us to say that the economy of this country is now growing at 5.8 per cent. We should, as lawmakers and Kenyans especially, look beyond partisan politics and see what is good and ... view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: If you go to places like Western, Nyanza and Central provinces, you will find people living on small uneconomical pieces of land. This is happening yet we have a lot of land in this country. All we have to do is make sure we have good roads and provide water along the roads in the northern part of this country. We can also provide facilities like schools, health centres, shops and others. If all these facilities are provided this area will become attractive for settlement by many communities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the corporate bodies in ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that currently, there are two centres that offer ARV drugs in the district. The first one is at St. Mary's Mission Hospital in Mumias Constituency. This is about 30 kilometres from Khwisero Constituency. The second one is at Butere District Hospital in Butere Constituency which is about 13 kilometres from Khwisero Constituency. Patients from Khwisero Constituency access the services at Butere District Hospital or St. Mary's Mission Hospital. However, patients from the constituency who border Kakamega District access the services from Kakamega Provincial General Hospital. (b) The scale up ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will consider providing those services at Khwisero Health Centre. I have said in my reply, that we will scale up the services to Manyala Sub-district Hospital and Khwisero Health Centre by December this year. As you know, we have to establish the VCT centre which is extremely important and also train health workers in the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients. We emphasise on treatment because we use drugs that are sometimes toxic. These services will be close to the people by December, 2006. 3230 view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not agree with the last statement the hon. Member has made; that, medical personnel are hostile to HIV/AIDS patients. In fact, most of our medical personnel are extremely sympathetic. In this country, HIV/AIDS is taken as any other disease right now. May I also add that we have done very well as a Ministry. This is because we currently have about 90,000 patients who are on ARVs. Our target this year is to provide ARVs to 140,000 patients. We are optimistic that we will reach the target by the end of the year. view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that nutrition is extremely important in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS. One aspect of the counselling that we do before and after testing and finding people are suffering from HIV positive, is about nutrition and the type of food they need to eat. That is a very important aspect in the counselling that we offer. view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware. (b) My Ministry is in the process of operationalising eight dispensaries, namely, Kavumbu, Mumbuni, Musatala, Kwale, Mutituni, Itumbule, Athi-Kamunyuni and Yimwa in Makueni District. Five of these eight dispensaries have already received drugs. These are Kavumbu, Mumbuni, Kwale, Athi-Kamunyuni and Yimwa dispensaries. The other three are in the distribution list. The above batch of dispensaries have been fully operationalised. The other dispensaries should be operationalised as soon as personnel become available. view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question the hon. Member is asking is one that every hon. Member is asking in this country because the problem we have is that we have a shortage of personnel. As a Ministry we can say that right now we have enough drugs to go round but we are short of personnel. We will operationalise 600 facilities throughout the country that were put up by the community and the CDF. As soon as we have operationalised these eight dispensaries in Makueni District before the end of this coming month, we will go to Phase Two where ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Members should not get clearance from me. The District Medical Officer of Health and the District Public Health Officer are the officers that every Member of Parliament should liaise with before starting any new facility. At the moment, we have constraint of workers and, therefore, I would advise hon. Members that they can get together as a community and employ one or two workers who will be paid for by the community. As a Ministry, we would like to guarantee that as soon as that is done and we are made aware of it, we shall ... view