Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 725.

• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really do not know where the controversy is coming from. I was very clear that the Government of Kenya is going to recruit 601 people through the Public Service Commission. We are also having assistance from our development partners, specifically, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Clinton 2512 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 2, 2006 Foundation, and BGF. Those ones have given us funds to recruit workers on three-year contracts. For the ones who are being recruited on contract, the recruitment is taking place at the provincial level. I think there should be no ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with Prof. Oniang'o that quite a number of our health workers are going out of the country. That, to me, is not a disadvantage but an advantage. It means that we are truly training our people or producing quality people who are marketable. The only thing we would like to do is to have this process structured. Secondly, we are currently working on modalities of improving the remuneration package for our health workers. To us in the Ministry, the most critical aspect is really not the number of health workers but the even distribution ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the hon. Member for being very patriotic. He is a friend of mine. As you know, for a very long time, we have not been employing in the health sector. So, once we got some assistance from wherever; sometimes they say that beggars have no choice; we grabbed it with both hands. I want to commend, especially, our development partners for having come in at this crucial time when we are having severe shortage of health workers. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think you appreciate that, that is a totally different Question from the Question I was asked to answer. However, I can undertake to table the list if the hon. Member wants, and if, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you direct so. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are two things; the list that we have are the names of the health workers who were shortlisted for interview. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will undertake to do that. Thank you. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard, very clearly, Mr. Ndolo say that there is an influential Minister in this House who has grabbed a plot in Nairobi. Would I be in order to ask him to substantiate his remarks? view
• 1 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I would also like to join my colleagues in congratulating the Minister for Local Government, who also happens to be the Chairman of my party, FORD(K), for ably moving his Vote. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to congratulate the Ministry of Local Government, and in particular, the Town Clerk of Nairobi City Council. When you look at the media, there is a lot of commendation from various parts of this country congratulating the Town Clerk for the wonderful work that has been done so far in ... view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware. Out of 517 people who were screened, 29 were found to have cutaneous anthrax. (b) Three people were admitted to the Murang'a District Hospital. (c) My Ministry has allocated Kshs2 million for the construction of a theatre and Kshs2 million for a ward in the 2005/2006 financial year. The construction of the theatre view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: I would like to confirm to the hon. Member that the ward project I said was 10 per cent complete is actually at the tendering stage, and that Kshs1.5 million has been set aside for construction of the mortuary. view