Julius Odenyo Arungah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 111 to 120 of 176.

• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that in ten years' time, I do not think it will be possible for hon. Michuki to be in the House. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologise. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other area where we are losing money is that of procurement. view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for intervening to allow me to proceed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the other area where the Government is losing money is through the process of procurement. I can say that this House, as I said before, has the capacity not to sit back and continue grumbling, but we can do something about making sure that the people involved in procurement do not get away with the crimes that they seem to be getting away with at the moment. I will give you an example of what I have in mind. This afternoon, ... view
• 6 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we are really going to address this issue of mismanagement, unless we do something about the office of the Attorney-General, Parliament will remain a talking shop and no action will be taken. Thieves will continue doing what they want to do. It is high time we took specific measures to send the message that those who dip their dirty fingers in the national coffers will be punished. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister tell us what he is doing to avoid contractors taking more jobs than they can handle, thereby causing unnecessary November 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4031 delays? view
• 23 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Health:_ (a) whether she is aware that Khwisero Health Centre has four nurses serving a community of 15,000 people; (b) if she is also aware that the health centre has a fully-fledged laboratory but has no laboratory technician; and, (c) what she is doing to ensure adequate nurses and a laboratory technician, are posted to the facility. view
• 23 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I asked this Question because patients were visiting the facility for up to three days without being attended to. The Assistant Minister said that there are six nurses and has gone ahead to include a public health officer who is never there because he goes to inspect the market. So, in effect, there are four nurses, two of whom are involved in dressing of wounds. The Assistant Minister is a medical doctor. Could he explain to this House how logistically those three people can run a pharmacy, a laboratory, a ward, an antenatal unit ... view
• 23 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister give the names of the community nurse and the laboratory technologist who were sent to Khwisero Health Centre? Could he also inform this House when they were posted there? As of last Friday, they were not there. view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to start telling us stories when the Question was very specific. If we have to pay for the services, how much should we pay them? view