Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

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• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to thank Hon. (Ms.) Musyoka for bringing up this Motion, which I support wholeheartedly. I have been involved a number of times in emergency cases and in some cases, I looked helpless. I did not have any basic knowledge and training in handling emergencies. As a leader, I was hopeless. One time, I was involved in an accident on my way to my constituency and even my driver, who is supposed to be a VIP driver, did not know how to handle an emergency. As a Member ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: We also had a case of children dying on a motorcycle because there was nobody to assist them. We should also be trained on firefighting in our homes. Sometimes some things happen, for instance fire, and all people do is pour water which makes it worse, instead of using a blanket to put out the fire. This makes people lose their lives. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: We also have the VIP drivers. We should make a point of ensuring that our drivers are trained on emergency cases. We are regularly moving up and down. As I have said, I was a victim. Somebody had been knocked down by a motorbike and there was nothing we could do. The handling of the person who had the accident was a problem. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, sometimes back we had emergency drills. We had regular drills particularly on Fridays in these big buildings. We had Government drills where people could learn how they could get out of those buildings in case of emergencies. That has now stopped. We should urge the Government to do these basic things so that we can save lives of our people. Children should know what to do when there is a problem. If fire got to this House, I can tell you that most of us would panic and not know where to go. This can be done ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: About 10 years ago, when a building collapsed on Ronald Ngala Street and people were trapped in it, our Government had to ask Israel personnel to come all the way to rescue people here. That means we have not taken lives seriously. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to agree with the Mover. I remember about 10 years ago, students going to the university had to go through the National Youth Service (NYS). Some of them were being trained on how to handle emergency cases. This is the time for us to accept the fact that we are poorly trained and exposed on emergencies. This training should be included in the curriculum from primary school, and it should be examinable and they have to pass it just like English or arithmetic. This will enable people to know how to handle emergency cases. ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Sometimes you put a victim in an ambulance and the driver does not know how to help. Probably, he is just hired. The staff in the ambulance may not know how to handle the equipment and maybe there is no oxygen in it. I had a sad case in my area where a patient who was in emergency was moved from Kitale to Eldoret, and the poor child died on the way because there was no oxygen in the ambulance. By the time they got to the hospital, no one was expecting them. So, apart from doing this, we should ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Yesterday we talked about emergency cases where sometimes somebody has been involved in an accident and the poor person has no medical care and the hospital that receives that patient insists that he or she must pay a deposit before he or she is admitted. Where are we going? It is so sad and we should not have that kind of thing happening. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: So, a Member said earlier this morning that he is going to bring an amendment to this Motion to ask the Government to seek social health fund to enable victims of emergencies and road accidents get treatment. This will ensure that hospitals do not deny this person treatment. We have a recent case of Alex Madaga who died because he was kept moving from one hospital to the other and what the hospitals were doing was to demand for money before they could admit him. This is something that the Government can get involved in. When it comes to the ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Before I finish, there is a Member who talked about logistics and expertise in handing patients in times of emergency. Some people lose lives because medical staff does not have gloves and such things. You will find people dying on queues, like my friend Hon. Tim mentioned this morning. They took three hours to attend to him. That should not be acceptable in our country today. I support this Motion and hope that the Government will re-introduce drills for every building in this country so that we know what to do in case of emergency. I can tell you that ... view