Hon Francis Kuria Kimani

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• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The KNH is reported to have a personnel gap of 1,456. These are jobs that should be given to young people. We have nurses, doctors and accountants who should fill these vacant positions. After the adoption of this Report, KNH should be funded with the money it requires so that people can be hired and young people can get jobs. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The NHIF has assisted very many families to settle their medical bills, but re- imbursement to the hospitals is not timely. Sometimes it is said to be biased where for some The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: hospitals, once your swipe your card, they receive their re-imbursement much faster than other hospitals. This is something that needs to be looked into. All medical insurance schemes now have smart cards like ours that make sure that you cannot be treated under another person’s name unless you take that person’s fingerprint as you go to hospital. However, the NHIF has remained with the analogue cards such that some people have gone to hospital only to be told they have exhausted their allocations. They then realise that someone else took advantage and used their account to pay for someone else. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We have many patients who despite being admitted to hospitals are not able to clear their bills. I have mediated on several cases where my constituents came to KNH, incurred huge medical bills and tried to get a waiver, but were not able. I am surprised why that is not possible. The Report shows that referral hospitals do not have enough social workers. The responsibility of social workers in hospitals should be to ascertain the social economic welfare of patients so that in the event that some patients are not able to pay their bills, the social workers can recommend ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Cancer is a pandemic in the country. It is quite unfortunate that despite having referral hospitals, and great investment made in healthcare, treatment of cancer is said to be cheaper in India than in Kenya. I have a friend who fundraised and found that it was easier for him and his wife to travel to India and stay there for two weeks for treatment than to be treated in our local hospitals. What is it that our hospitals do not do that it becomes cheaper to pay for air tickets for two people from Kenya to India, pay for accommodation ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital speaks to my heart as an alumni of Kenyatta University. We were very excited when the project was started. I am very happy with the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on Health on financing the hospital so that it can be operational. Millions of shilling have been invested in it and it is a state-of-the-art hospital. To think that a year has passed without it being utilised to serve Kenyans is unfortunate. I am excited because my former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olive Mugenda, was appointed the Chair of the Management Board of the hospital. ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Why are patients referred to referral hospitals in the first place? Our hospital referral system is wanting. We have ailments which do not need be treated at KNH. They find themselves there because our sub-county hospitals are not properly funded, not properly utilised and not properly staffed to take care of such ailments. I am excited because Nyayo Hospital in Elburgon has received funding and we are going to construct a state-of-the-art outpatient unit and a maternity unit. If this could be duplicated in other hospitals, ailments that can be treated at a The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Level 3, 4 or 5 hospital do not need to find themselves in a referral hospital. If this is done we would be sure of tackling universal healthcare cost-effectively. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Report. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to congratulate Hon. Francis Waititu for bringing this amendment to the Contract Bill. This is because many Kenyans out there are suffering as a result of their hard earned money and savings being deducted by banks and financial institutions because they guaranteed them. I would like to discuss this further from an accounting point of view. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) No.9 by the International Accounting Standards Board (IABS) clearly illustrates that banks must realise the expected credit loss in their financial statements. But in the last ... view