Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c) I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding adherence to the National Infection, Prevention and Control Guidelines (NIPCG) for healthcare services. Hon. Speaker, the NIPCG for health care services in Kenya were developed in December, 2010 to help effectively manage healthcare associated infections. In the Statement, the Chairperson should inquire into and--- view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: It is fine, hon. Speaker. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I hope so, because there is still a pending Statement with the same Committee, which has not been delivered yet two weeks have elapsed. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I have just come from a conference that was held in Melbourne - AIDS 2014. I will be tabling a substantive report on the issues that were raised. When NACC was put under the Office of the President, it was because of the cross-cutting nature of HIV/AIDS. I am not sure that when we put it under the Ministry of Health, it is going to be better or worse. That is because the issue of funding will still be there. It will be treated just like any other disease when it ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As I look at the Bill, one of the other issues - like the stakeholders are saying – will be the management, including Government departments, community-based organizations and faith-based organizations. However, we are missing the parents, the homes and schools. One of the issues that was raised in the conference was that the adolescence is now where the new infections are. So, we need to put in the schools, so that we can provide sex education and reproductive health, so that our children do not grow up to be HIV carriers. The other small point that I would want the ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In the last Cabinet, we passed the Aids Trust Bill, which is the one I believe hon. Nyikal was talking about, where we would look for homegrown solutions. One of the things that was stated in this conference was that a lot of the funding that will come into this country will be pegged on some issues that are not true to Africa. Everything that was mentioned was on men having sex with men, commercial workers and so on. So, unless we have our own home grown solutions, I can see all the funding going away because we are not ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Well, it is there, but that was the biggest thing. We are going to get fewer funds. But the category with the largest funds is the men having sex with men, and not women having sex with women. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: They hold the pass and so, we have to tow the line. I am sure even the females who were there were supporting it; those who have sex with women. What I am saying is that we are going to be forced to tow the line and that may not be compatible to our culture and beliefs in Kenya. Even as we provide drugs, which is a right – because it is a right for us to provide drugs to anybody who has HIV/AIDS. The theme of the conference was: “Stepping up the Pace”. It was resolved that by 2020, ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to support this amendment. In doing so, I want to say that I think we were hasty in devolving the Level 4 and Level 5 hospitals to the county governments. This is because through the CDF we had constructed a lot of dispensaries and health centres. My view is that the county governments should actually have taken over the health centres and dispensaries so that they learn how health systems run. When we had the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation a lot of equipment, including motorbikes, was given to health centres. In a recent inspection ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Motion; I want to say that time is of essence. I think we should stop telling people that we do not have funding. The sooner we pass this Appropriation Bill the better for us, so that we can now get down to work. When we go on recess in the next month we hope we will have some funds to do our projects in the constituencies. view