Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: I strongly believe that if a good county government is elected, more resources will be employed in the health sector. There will be no need for free medical camps because they will be funded by county governments of the respective counties. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Be that as it may, I have taken advantage of medical camps to harvest data on disease patterns in my county. I have realised that the number one problem in my county 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: is what we call lifestyle diseases. These are diseases associated with lifestyle choices like poor diet. Examples include arthritis, high blood sugar, diabetes and hypertension. To that extent, I think even as we consider the Bill, it is time to do major civic studies on public health, to teach our people the importance of eating more vegetables, fruits and more targeted interventions that ensure our counties get rid of lifestyle diseases. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: One area this Bill can consider concerns county health workers, which is a new cadre of human resource within our county health system. They are underpaid. More often than not, they do voluntary work. I am not so sure whether if we now pass this Bill their rights will be taken into account. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Some counties pay those workers Kshs2,000 per month; others Kshs3,000 and they do not even have a formal contract. Remember, those payments are below the minimum wage, which is clearly set out by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services. Once we pay a person Kshs3,000 per month, you are only negating advancement of healthcare in this Republic. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: Another area we need to consider is how we can incentivize experts to move to county hospitals. There is an overconcentration of experts here at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital and Kenyatta University Referral Hospital. I guess it is because they are the major facilities, which are in Nairobi. Is there a way we can come up with a scheme or method that incentivizes our experts, who have PhD or professors in various fields of medicine? We need to see them in places such as Wajir, Murang’a, Mombasa or Marsabit. That is how we will uplift the health standards ... 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: Definitely, that is an area we can specialise as a society. We increase the number of persons who are doing nursing, clinical officers, doctors, pharmacists and medical lab technicians. That way, we can take that niche and ensure we export even labour in place where we have labour deficit. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in Senate: The Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support with those comments. Thank you. view