Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: With regards to money, I think the second tranche has been sent to most constituencies now. I know that in my constituency we have received our second tranche. I undertake to find out whether the Treasury has released the money to the Ministry of Public Health which will transmit it directly to various constituencies. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can find that out as early as tomorrow and report to this House. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question by the hon. Member but let me say that once we construct Government buildings, the Ministry of Public Works offers technical services. Usually, materials would vary from one area to another. Therefore, we utilise the officers from that Ministry to give us the specifications that we need. In my constituency we use bricks and in other places they use stones but we make sure that the Ministry of Public Works officers give us proper advice as to what to do and how to construct structures in various hospitals. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that the Ministry of Public Works officers are the experts. There are different areas with different types of building stones and we use those engineers to tell us whether those stones, bricks or concrete blocks can be used to construct our health facilities. We go by their words because they are the experts in that area. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already answered that question. I will find out which constituencies have not had their money released and I will report to this House as soon as possible. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (a) A total of 3,300 nurses accepted the offer of appointment out of 3,386 nurses who had applied and qualified as per the stipulated criteria of 20 nurses per constituency. However, the Ministry was unable to obtain the required number of 4,200 nurses as advertised under the ESP. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (b) To date, a total of 2,855 nurses have been paid through their respective bank accounts and district medical officers of health offices countrywide. However, the remaining 445 nurses who are yet to be paid have not furnished the Ministry with their bank account details. At the moment, the district medical officers of health in the respective constituencies have been requested to ensure that the unpaid nurses submit their details for prompt payment. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already indicated that the 445 nurses who have not yet been paid failed to submit their bank accounts to our Ministry. That is why they have not been paid to date. However, I can also add that the other nurses have all been paid their arrears up to the end of August. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already asked the medical officers of health in those respective constituencies to send us the bank accounts of those nurses and, as soon as--- view