Gideon Kimutai Koske

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important amendment that this House is considering. The UHC means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering inability due to financial hardships. The WHO provides that the UHC program is to provide healthcare for all without discrimination based on financial ability or other factors. It is important to note that the informal sector, which constitutes 83 per cent of the Kenyan work force, has remained under voluntary contribution to the NHIF. That means the people who are benefiting from the NHIF are about 17 per cent ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill, under the memorandum of objects and reasons, Clause 15 proposes to repeal Section 20 of the Act to remove the voluntary contributions to the Fund and they become mandatory. For all people in the formal sector, it will be automatically calculated based on the earnings. But those not in the formal sector, it is very important that we bring down the cost from Kshs500 to Kshs300. The jua k ali sector people, boda boda operators, mama mboga, kiosk operators are able to get Kshs10 every day so that cumulatively, at the end of the month, they are able ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The voluntary contributors to the NHIF have fallen by 77 per cent since the COVID-19 Pandemic was reported in March 2020 because of the simple reason that most of the contributors are self-employed in small businesses which may have collapsed or lost sales due to COVID-19 related lockdowns locally and abroad. view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: There are many schemes under the NHIF. I see no sense for the NHIF to have over 74 schemes all contributing to the same kitty. If possible, they can bring them down to only three schemes and categorise them in a larger perspective, namely, employer paid scheme, for those in the formal sector; civil servant schemes, and thirdly, and the one majority of Kenyans fall into, the tax pay scheme. That is for Kenyans in the informal sector. view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The main reason 77 per cent of Kenyans have stopped remitting the contributions is because they cannot afford to contribute Kshs500. They join the scheme in the initial stages, but fail later. If we fix it at Kshs300, we will widen the scope and bring all Kenyans on board. We can get almost ten million Kenyans who will pay Kshs300 per month and the Government will match the contribution. Add me one minute. There is one important point which I need to make. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will get more funds when we bring down the cost by widening ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The NHIF should be given the mandate to construct their own hospitals and provide all the specialists in every constituency, so that if you want to meet any kind of specialist, you can access him or her in your constituency. That will make the universal healthcare provision accessible to everybody across the constituencies. We also have people with disabilities and senior citizens under the cash transfer programme. For those two categories, the Government is able meet their contributions every month, so that they can access healthcare without contributing to the scheme. The Government takes care of them because of their ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding classification of Bomet County as a COVID-19 hotspot zone despite registering the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Hon. Speaker, on 17th June, the Government of Kenya announced further restrictions in response to the worsening of the COVID-19 Pandemic that necessitated 13 counties to be declared hotspot zones among them Busia, Vihiga, Kisii, Nyamira, Kakamega, Trans Nzoia, Bungoma, Kericho, Bomet, Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay and Migori. In order to curb or break the cycle ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: zones and the rest of the country is strongly discouraged except for essential and emergency services, non-food and livestock markets suspended for 30 days, employers advised to allow employees to work from home, hospitals to restrict visitors to one individual per patient, funerals must be held within 72 hours after the confirmation of death, and not more than 50 people to attend funerals and weddings. Hon. Speaker, since 17th June 2021, Bomet County has registered the lowest number of cases compared to the rest of the counties under restrictions. In this case, declaring Bomet County a hot spot zone has ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: County as a hotspot zone when, indeed, it has registered the lowest number of view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: COVID-19 cases in the country? 2. Could the Chairperson provide an assurance of when Chebunyo and Mulot view