Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to deny that the campaign against HIV/AIDS has gone down. In fact, what we are seeing attests to that. The prevalence rates have gone down considerably and that is because of the knowledge that we have given to wananchi . view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure Kenyans and this House that all generic drugs that are brought into this country are tested for efficacy. We have a laboratory at Kenyatta National Hospital where we test all drugs before we give them to the patients. view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the hon. Member that in 2004, we had only 200 facilities giving ARVs to Kenyans. Today, as I stand here, we have 1,100 facilities countrywide providing ARVs. We must say that we have not reached the end but, as a Ministry, we are trying as much as possible to ensure that those services are available to all Kenyans. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Question was answered by the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation last Wednesday exhaustively. But we were supposed to make a few clarifications, which I would like to make. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, further to our answer of 3rd May, 2011, regarding Ruiru Water Supply, I wish to make the following clarifications on the projects timeframe and budgetary allocations. (1) The project is funded by the World Bank through the Athi Water Service Board to the tune of Kshs650 million. (2) The Project period is 18 months; it started on 28th October, 2010, and is expected to end on 28th April, 2012. (3) The budgetary disbursement for the financial year 2010/2011 is Kshs250 million. (4) The progress of the works as at 6th March, 2011 is approximately 20 per cent ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have widely consulted the Minister for Water and Irrigation. This information I have here is in consultation with the Ministries of Finance and Water and Irrigation. Last time we dealt with the issue of public health in terms of water contamination and that was exhaustively done. We were told to clarify the issue of the amount of money that is there for this financial year. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we dealt with this issue. Currently, we are doing a lot of campaigns on public health and we are using a lot of chemicals to treat water at the household level. We will continue doing that. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: We have also arrested people and taken them to court. All these things were given last time by the Minister. So, really what we are supposed to clarify is the issue of the Ministry of Water and the Ministry of Finance. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot talk about sewage without talking about water. The two projects are together. That is sanitation and water supply to Ruiru. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: If you look at the answer we gave last time, we talked about the number of deaths. We, indeed, accepted that we have a problem in Ruiru and we are trying our best to make sure that we address it urgently. We gave a list of what we are trying to do as a Ministry. We indicated that we want to work with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Finance to make sure that the issue of Ruiru is addressed, once and for all. view