Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that it is very important that mothers attend ante-natal care. Unless they attend, you may not be able to give them the iron and iodine. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: We are encouraging mothers to attend ante-natal care. We are not able to go into the villages. But as we increase the number of health facilities, we are seeing more improvements. As I said, given our preference in family planning and health provision, ante natal care has gone up to 46 per cent from where it was about ten years of about 30 per cent. So, we are moving towards that direction. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is, indeed, true that malaria is the number one killer in this country, and in particular when we talk about infant and maternal mortality. It contributes a large extent. We, as a Ministry, want to take in as many contributions from Members as possible in the prevention of malaria in this country. However, as a Ministry, we have a few reservations on this Bill. I would like to state some of these reservations right from the outset. The context of this Bill should be expanded to cover other vectable diseases and not ... view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the institute proposed can, probably, play a role in the collation of research from several institutes involved in research. So, if we put it up in Kerio Valley, then we can only have it as an institute that will give us a kind of collection and collation of research. The Malaria Prevention Act needs to be revised in tandem with the Malaria Strategy, 2009-2017 and the Malaria Policy document of 2010/2010. However, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, through the Division of Malaria Control, should be heavily involved in the drafting of this Bill. ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (a) The criteria used for registration of a dispensary, or a health facility, is that it should be a complete facility structure with equipment; this is usually established during technical inspection by the District Health Management team. The team prioritises and recommends to the Ministry facilities for gazettment and consequently provision of staff and supplies of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical commodities. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The Ministry has received the list of facilities which have fully complied with these requirements. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: They include Kathome, Siomunyu, Kalulini, Kamanyi, Muselele and Kanyongonyo dispensaries. The other facilities; that is, Usiani, Masahani, Nzambia and Mutanda dispensaries were inspected and found to be incomplete and hence, not recommended for gazettement at the moment. Kathuma, Ngomoni, Matinga, Siokithumi and Isinia are yet to be inspected. However, the District Medical Officer of Health has dispatched an inspection team to the ground to inspect those facilities. Ndiuni dispensary is gazetted and receives medical supplies from the Government, while Ndiaini is run by the Catholic Diocese of Kitui. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry is preparing a list of all the facilities which comply with the requirements for gazettement and they will be considered alongside others. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have already mentioned, some of the facilities were inspected and found not to be adequately equipped. Therefore, we have asked the MoH to re-inspect them again. But there are, of course, facilities from Kitui West that we have sent for gazettement and those ones will be out in the course of next week. view