Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: In summary, our mobilisation of communities, support of health services, the availability of care and implementation of universal health coverage, particularly focusing on deliveries, will actually eliminate fistula. In the meantime, there are a large number of women with the problem. What we need is comprehensive data. We need to put up a two-pronged programme to take care of the women already affected, and to make sure that no other women gets the problem. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I take cue from the Mover and from you. This is a matter we should look into in the Departmental Committee on Health and support the programmes that are already in existence. The public should be made to know that the woman affected has not done any wrong, and that the stigma should be removed. Many do not even say The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: that they are sick. They are people who need empathy, sympathy and care. We will then be able to deal with the fistula issue. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Report. I rise to support the Report and we should adopt it. I start by appreciating the work that the Committee has done. I think this is the first time we have got a full Report of this Committee. I am aware the Committee has been expanded from just being in charge of catering, to include all the services and apparently, they are doing a good job. They have looked at all the issues and I appreciate that they have gone into all the areas ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: They have looked at the area of the gymnasium. If you look at it, all the equipment is run down and is not working properly. Even within the gymnasium, there are no programmes. People go there and take weight, go to treadmills and weight lifting, but there are no programmes that are helping us. We should have experts in this area who can get us what we want and advise us well so that we are taken through it all. There is capacity there, but more should be done. This should be an area of health education. I know some ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There is a blood pressure recording machine and people take weight, but there is no link between this and what it means. I have noticed that not many Members use that machine to get their blood pressure. This is a very important single monitoring data and many people can know early if they have problems. So, more should be done in that area. I link this to catering. We have heard comments that the quality of food has improved, but our catering services should do more than just offering food and making it tasty. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: They should have a nutritionist who can advise. Many people in Parliament are at a stage where they are prone to non-communicable and lifestyle diseases. Even for the younger Members, this is the time to get educated on this. If we have nutritionists, they should look at the food we eat in a way that prevents many diseases particularly lifestyle diseases. I am sure we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: have Members here who have problems such as diabetes and blood pressure. Our nutritionist should pick out those and say: “If you have this problem, this is how you should eat and this is what you should avoid.” This will go a long way in helping us. We have the capacity. The number of people we have employed is large from what I see and we can use them better. With regard to our insurance cover, everybody agrees that it is not taking care of us well. The outpatient cover is extremely low. I personally have run beyond the limit ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Most of us here would need proper health screening once a year and that would be of help to us. That should come through our health insurance cover. So, I agree with the Committee that if they cannot improve this, then we may have to look for another health insurance provider. On our part, this Committee can get a smaller sub-committee that can work with this cover and keep monitoring if it is serving us well and the experiences of the Members, so that it is constantly being improved. view