Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 428.

• 16 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Most obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I can confirm the distribution of ambulances to each constituency before the end of 2010/2011 Financial Year. (b) My Ministry has been in consultation with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance on the leasing of ambulances for referral purposes. Already the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance has invited qualified and interested companies on the expression of interest which was advertised in the local dailies on 16th September, 2010 as the Government requires to lease 300 ambulances for distribution to health facilities countrywide. ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we wrote about the model health centres in the country, our budget in the Ministry was to get an ambulance for every model health centre within the country. However, a modern Four-Wheel-Drive ambulance will cost about Kshs5 million. That means that we should have--- view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House. Our budget from the Ministry to the Treasury for buying a well-equipped Four-Wheel-Drive ambulance was Kshs5 million. That was our estimate. That turned out to be Kshs1 billion for the 210 constituencies. We did not have that money in our budget. Therefore, we turned to leasing of ambulances as stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in this august House. I want the House to understand that when the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance read his Budget Speech, we debated it and passed it as a ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me say that I do not know what kind of ambulance Dr. Eseli has bought for his constituency but a well equipped ambulance with oxygen--- view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter of argument. As a Ministry, our estimate was Kshs5 million for an ambulance and I am saying that we may review--- view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already mentioned that we had given the Treasury our budget and it decided to give us Kshs294 million for hiring of ambulances. This is, indeed, innovative and I would like to give a chance to the Treasury to give us these vehicles on hire. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have tabled a document from the Treasury trying to show the innovative way of hiring Government transport. So, the hon. Member can look at it. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Minister for Finance read the Budget Speech here, we debated on these issues. Actually, the figure of Kshs294 million was clearly discussed here and as for the document that I have tabled, I have been assured by the Treasury that, in fact, in the next two months, it should be ready. So, really, that is the view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a new innovative way of hiring these ambulances--- view