Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have indicated that we could not ascertain the cause of the deaths of these expectant mothers because a post-mortem was not done. Actually, they were buried immediately after they died according to the Islamic religious practices. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the hon. Member that I will post a clinical officer to that health centre and not a medical officer. In the next financial year, we shall try to provide a vehicle for that health centre. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me say that in the 1970s the farmers in Kisii uprooted passion fruits because of some reasons. Later on, it was pyrethrum and then coffee. What we are seeing now is the uprooting of tea. If we do not take action, or if this House does not act in as far as the Tea Act, Cap.343, is concerned, then we are going to have our people in Kisii and other tea growing areas uprooting tea. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: When I go to my constituency, the farmers ask me to tell the Government take back KTDA to an Authority again, because they believe that they used to get more money when it was an Authority than when it is an Agency. We must, therefore, in this House, do something, and do it urgently, to ensure that we no longer have tea farmers in the country uprooting tea. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for sure, we know that tea has been a long standing number one foreign exchange earner in this country. It has only been surpassed recently by tourism. We need to do something in this House in terms of amending the Tea Act to ensure that tea reclaims its place. Our tea has been very good in terms blending other brands of tea all over the world. We need to look at the Act to make sure that tea factories are operating at optimum levels. All along, the middlemen and the tea sales in Mombasa--- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I was interrupted, I was saying that this House needs to look at the entire Cap.343 to streamline the operations of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) in terms of the calibre of the directors and the operations from the factories all the way to the sale of the tea in Mombasa. We also need to look at the issue of farm inputs. We need to give powers to the Minister for Agriculture to see what subsidies he can give to the tea industry. Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) A doctor was posted on 22nd June, 2007, to Faza Health Centre in Lamu East Constituency and he had to be redeployed on 1st November, 2007 due to under-utilization of his services. It should be noted that for the three months that the doctor was in the station, he attended to five patients only. My Ministry, through the Public Service Commission, is in the process of recruiting clinical officers this Financial Year, 2008/2009, and Faza Health Centre will be considered along will others when this recruitment process is finalised. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The District Medical Officer of Health in Lamu District has been instructed to provide a motor boat ambulance to ferry emergency cases to the district hospital. The Government, in collaboration with the development partners, will provide a motor boat ambulance to Faza Health Centre before the end of this year. Maternity services are provided at Faza Health Centre and the Government, through the Ministry, has launched a campaign to encourage mothers to utilize the service. My Ministry, in collaboration with the Red Cross, is also in the process of building and equipping a theatre at Faza Health Centre. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already indicated that the doctor who was posted to this facility was under-utilised. When I talk about under-utilisation, it means that there are no facilities for the doctor to work with. As a Ministry, we are saying that until such a time that we shall have a theatre, a laboratory and a maternity wing, the doctor's services are under-utilised. This was very clearly assessed by the Provincial Medical Officer (PMO), Coast Province, and the doctor was posted view