Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you again for allowing me to move this Bill; that pursuant to Senate Standing Order No.141(1), The County E-Health Bill (Senate Bills No.39 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. This is the first time this Bill is coming for Second Reading. Initially, I had moved a Motion, which later on, we graduated into this particular Bill. Therefore, I will also not take lot of time canvassing what is in this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I started thinking about this Bill when, through your permission, we had a conference and visited a referral hospital ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: It is known and even recorded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that Kenya is one of the countries that do not even have enough specialists in many areas in the medical field, to an extent that we do not have experts, and we brought them from another country. I remember the case of Cuban doctors coming to bring some expertise in our county hospitals to try, and address the shortage. Sometimes you might be referred to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), but when you go there, you take time to get an expert that you need. If embraced, technology can ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we were going round as Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Managed Equipment Services (MES), where I sat, during a visit to Tana River County, we discovered that there was lack of a radiologist. As a result, they send the results to Kilifi County. Sometimes the results are sent to Nairobi for examination. That will be a thing of the past because if there is no radiologist in a hospital, then you can refer someone through the e-system and get advice and treatment immediately. Instead of referring everyone to Nairobi where they have to wait, ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wonder when we will stop all these Covid-19 issues. Every time I speak, immediately, my throat goes sore. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: I rise to reply. I thank Sen. Farhiya for seconding, and Sen. M. Kajwang’ for the contribution and the smart ideas that have come from him. Sen. Farhiya indicated that we need to have resources follow the functions. We cannot put it any better. This is because even if we say all this be done, yet we do not have the resources, then those counties will not perform. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: You know how we have severally spoken and debated in this House on how to allocate resources. However, we never get funding down to the counties, and if it goes, it gets misused. Today, we kept talking about how prudent we should be when it comes to the use of resources. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Regarding the M-PESA idea, if we were smart enough to do M-PESA, we can do all this. We can apply this new technology like other countries have done. On use of drones, Sen. M. Kajwang’ has told us that there are those who are already in the market asking that they use drones for some of these services. Therefore, it will not be magic, this country can do it. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: style in distribution of medicine is another option that has come out. If view