Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Select Committee on Members Service and Facilities on Establishment of the Parliamentary Health Services Unit. Thank you. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Select Committee on Members’ Services and Facilities on the establishment of a Parliamentary Health Services Unit, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 11th August 2021. Thank you. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Select Committee on Members Service and Facilities on the establishment of a Parliamentary Health Services Unit, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 11th August 2021. Thank you. view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I have gone through the entire Bill. It is going to provide a milestone in the health sector in this country. As per the NHIF Act which was enacted in 1998, that is 22 years ago, the people who have been enlisted compared to the population of the entire country are very few. The total number of people registered with NHIF does not even constitute 20 per cent of the population. When you look at our workforce, the informal sector contributes over ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The other thing is that in totality, this Bill looks at how revenues can be increased. The major handicap that NHIF has had is lack of finances. NHIF does not generate enough revenue from the sources that it has been generating from. Now, if this amendment Bill is passed, it will enable them to cater for the wider mandate that they have been given. Indeed, the Bill has also expanded the mandate of NHIF. The other very important area that the Bill looks at is matching the contributions of the employer with that of the employee. By so doing, it ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The other crucial issue that the Bill looks at is Clause 24 which proposes to repeal Section 34. This Bill proposes to empower the Board to acquire and procure equipment and hospital infrastructure. In this particular one, when we get to the Committee of the whole House, we will propose an amendment, particularly in the public hospitals because public hospitals lack essential equipment and infrastructure. By empowering the Board to do this, it will make sure that some of the facilities that are lagging behind in public hospitals, equipment and infrastructure will be made available because, public hospitals are motivated ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, we should not be able to make payment punitive. This is one area that we will propose some adjustments to in the Committee of the whole House. If we so do, the first culprit is going to be none other than Parliament. I chair the Member Services and Facilities Committee, and we have noted that we are always late in paying NHIF contributions for our staff because of the late payments from the Treasury. We are therefore, not able to pay our workers on time. So these particular contributions always come late. It is not our fault but that ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support this 100 per cent but with few adjustments and amendments that we will be proposing. It is good for this country. Members are always raising funds each and every time because our people cannot afford medical care. We can only be able to amend this Bill to mitigate the issue where we are forced to give our own contributions to our people who are not able to afford because the poverty level in this country is very high. Over 50 per cent of Kenyans live below the poverty line and, therefore, we should support this Bill. ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I thank, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: I vote yes. view