Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of information. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I want to inform the other Member. These amendments are from Hon. Tonui and I wish to bring to the attention of Members that they are two. I realised when Hon. Simba was talking, he was contributing to the new clause and so it is 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
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: important that we contribute to clause 10 so that we do not confuse with the new one. We will deal with the new one later. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I do not why I am not getting through. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. There is no order in the House. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Tonui has brought an amendment which tries to prevent people from procuring when there is no money. We know there is always a budget and a procurement plan, but that does not mean money. We have to wait for the money to be there and the reason why we have so much of the pending bills is because people procure in anticipation. County governments know that they have a listing of what they are likely to get. I am not talking about counties only, even parastatals and ministries. So, there is anticipatory procurement before the money lands in the ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support adoption of the Report for very good reasons. This Report suggests that we shall increase the possibility of moving towards universal healthcare, which I do not doubt. The possibility for us to have better treatment in a 600-bed hospital that has good infrastructure and equipment has been articulated in the Report. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to highlight that this is a hospital that has been put up in the most efficient way. If you look at the way projects are done in Kenya, and the way they are costed, this Hospital has spent Kshs8.76 billion to be where it is now. All we need is about Kshs656 million to do a dry run and after that, it will need Kshs1.1 billion to run throughout. There is a possibility to create a sustainable healthcare facility for this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The hospital is complete and equipped but we are forgetting that the equipment has a warranty. We are going to lose the warranty period. Therefore, we will not gain from that provision when we start using the equipment. There is also a provision for staff. The university promises to use an equivalent of Kshs234 million worth of staff time in terms of placing staff in the Hospital. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: If we give the hospital the Kshs656 million, then we shall have another referral hospital to add to the two that we have. We need to improve on the possibility of Kenyans getting better medical healthcare. The medical care or services we have at Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital are not adequate. Patients are moved from one part of the country to another in order to access affordable healthcare services. Therefore, opening this facility will basically increase the possibility of people getting quality treatment at affordable cost. We are talking about the reliability of that hospital ... view