Dr. James Kipkosgei Murgor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to put my voice on the Motion on establishment of civil registration centres in every constituency. From the start, I support this Motion. I thank Hon. Wangari for moving it. view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: A birth certificate is a very important document. Without it, children cannot be registered in schools, you will not be able to get an ID card and you will not get a passport and even employment. So, a birth certificate is an essential document. The Ministry of Education, Research and Technology insisted that school children needed to provide them with birth certificates. My constituency happens to be the headquarters of the county; therefore, we have a registration centre. However, my neighbouring constituency, Keiyo South, does not have one. People are forced to travel 150 kilometres to get to the centre ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I support this Motion that every constituency should have a registration centre. It will even be better to have mobile registration centres which should go round, particularly on market days, in order to register as many citizens as possible. Finally, as you realise, not all children are born in hospital. Therefore, the assistant chiefs should be given the responsibility to register those born at home. That makes things easier. With those few words, I support this Motion. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Report on the general operations of KNH. First, I will start with the challenges facing KNH, which are also facing other referral hospitals like Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: First, on human resources at KNH, there is a shortage of 800 nurses. This puts the ratio of nurse to patient at about 1:20. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation is 1:5. You can see what the nurses in KNH face. There is also a shortage of 176 doctors. On the side of security personnel and even the Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs), they were found to be inadequate in that hospital. Generally, when you look at all the cadres, in terms of human resource, they are very inadequate. With regard to equipment, they are not only inadequate, but also old and ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Let us look at outlying counties like Kiambu, Thika, Machakos, Kajiado, Narok and Naivasha. If you go to Mombasa Road, Waiyaki Way, Thika Road and Kiambu Road, just look at the number of ambulances on that road. All of them head to KNH. It makes me wonder. It seems these counties are specialising on ambulances only. On the allegations concerning KNH, there were allegations of rape, particularly in the maternity area. When the Committee went there, it found no evidence. Those were all rumours and what came out is that the mothers in the maternity seemed to be worried when ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: funds to KNH. I have been in this Departmental Committee on Health for the last four years. The KNH has been requesting for more funding particularly to engage more nurses and doctors, to increase their number of equipment and also service the ones they have. But what do they get? They get underfunding. Every year they are underfunded. What needs to be done? First, let us address the issue of Nairobi County. Nairobi County should have a minimum of five good hospitals. When I say good hospitals it is not only the buildings. It is good hospitals which are fully ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to put my voice on this matter which has been raised by Hon. Tiren. This country prides itself as walking towards The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: being food sufficient. If that is the case, pay the farmer. The fact is that this country requires 45 million bags in a year. At best, we manage to produce about 34 million bags. Ask yourself: If we are producing less than what we require, who is filling these NCPB stores such that farmers cannot deliver their maize to them? Somebody has mentioned that the maize comes from Uganda and other countries. Why are we accepting that and our farmers are not selling their maize? Maize production requires a lot: ploughing, harrowing, planting, applying herbicides and fuel for tractors. I ... view