Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: I will give an example. I have a friend in Murang’a County who wants to move from Murang’a to Nakuru. However, you will find that one county agrees and the other one refuses. It may, therefore, make a little bit of sense when you have one singular national entity to handle such issues. Another issue that I have seen in this proposed amendment is the idea to ensure that there is representation of the counties in this body, so that when these matters are discussed, counties are given an opportunity to be heard. Madam Deputy Speaker, what I would urge ... view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Maybe that is a good proposal, but the issue of affordability is outstanding. How many households in the Republic of Kenya can afford to pay Kshs6,000 per annum to get the NHIF card? view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at the average incomes of major household in Murang’a, you will realise that they earn about Kshs6,000 per month. When you compel them to take the NHIF cards, you will technically be taking away the entire income for a household in Murang’a to support healthcare. It is a good thing that is also logical but, remember, there are other competing needs in a household. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: I think one of the areas we may need to consider as we celebrate the proposal to amend the law to address the issue of human resource is the idea of counties putting aside money to pay for NHIF for its poor citizenry, particularly orphans, widows, widowers and the aged. These are the so-called the vulnerable groups. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Assume, for instance, that Murang’a County sets aside about Kshs600 million per annum. The money can cover about 100,000 poor households. That would alleviate the problem of persons being detained in hospitals for lack of money or accessing poor healthcare facilities because they are not well funded. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: As we debate this Bill, let us also be a little bit imaginative. We should focus on an amendment to the law that will help us ensure we increase the number of persons with the NHIF cover in this Republic of Kenya. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Another proposal is to increase the number of health facilities in our various counties. For instance, we need to build a brand new hospital in Murang’a County. That should apply to all the fast-urbanizing regions in our country. For example, the entire region from Del Monte up to Kenol in Thika is a fast-urbanizing region. We have Kenol, Kabati, Makenji and Githigiri near Thika Town, but we do not have any Level 5 hospital in that region. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: The people of Gatanga, Kandara, Kigumo and Upper Maragua are compelled to seek medical services in Thika Town, which is not in Murang’a County. Therefore, they are discriminated because they do not get adequate services. If we were to build a brand new hospital in that region, I have no doubt that our people will be served well, and we will ensure our county has number one health facilities. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: I have been holding medical camps in various parts of Murang’a County using my own resources. I have gone to Kigumo, Kangema, Mathioya, Kiharu, all the way to Gatanga, Kandara and Maragua. I think it is not the duty of a Senator to use their own resources to provide healthcare facilities to their people. view