26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that some of the positions were advertised.
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the positions were advertised and others were sourced from those who had applied. People send applications to many places and are called for interviews.
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fail to understand the hon. Member's question because we are talking about the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and not the Ministry of Health. But, if I may just add, the Ministry of Health always advertises for jobs that are available. 676 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 26, 2006 We have advertised for certain vacancies and, towards the end of this week, we will advertise positions for 3,800 health workers.
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the good Professor did not hear me very well.
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know which Chief Executive he is talking about. The NHIF---
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I am saying I do not understand the hon. Member! There are several former chief executives of NHIF. Let him mention the specific name.
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26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I suppose that my friend and colleague, Dr. Ali, is talking about Dr. Hassan. I wish he could have mentioned the name "Dr. Hassan". Dr. Hassan was seconded to the NHIF from the Ministry of Health for three years. His tenure ended on 11th, April, 2006. Therefore, he was brought back to the Ministry for re- deployment.
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28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there has been a dysentery outbreak at Kaimosi Mission Complex involving six institutions and the number of affected cases is 159. (b) My Ministry has put in place the following measures: (i) A team of technical personnel has been deployed to the affected area. (ii) An amount of money; Kshs370,000 has been allocated towards the outbreak's investigation. (iii) Water quality analysis has been initiated and is ongoing. Laboratory results reveal that the pathogen responsible for the dysentery is called Schigella flexneri. (iv) Food hawking within the premises of ...
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28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the hon. Member for those remarks, however, that question is out of the ambit of what I was asked first. If the hon. Member wants us to pursue that line, he can make a formal request and, as a Ministry, we shall consider it.
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28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Indeed, we think that the cause of this outbreak of dysentery is contaminated water. What we have put in motion now is the continuous testing of water in this area. We think that we are able to resolve this issue.
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