All parliamentary appearances
Entries 31 to 40 of 141.
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not support.
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
I do not support.
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Yes.
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27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought I would not get a chance. The Departmental Committee on Health embarked on the inquiry into the operations of the four referral hospitals, namely: Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital, National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital, Moi Eldoret Teaching and Referral Hospital and KNH. They went there because these hospitals have immense problems. Earlier in the year, the Committee had tabled a Report concerning the fifth referral hospital which is Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital. In their recommendation, they asked the National Treasury to allocate money so as to jumpstart this hospital. ...
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27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
The Constitution of Kenya 2010, in the Forth Schedule, gave the provision of health services to county governments. But the issue of policy and referral hospitals falls squarely on the national Government. The Kenya Health Policy 2014 - 2030 is the one which currently drives the effort by Government to provide universal health care for every Kenyan. It is in that regard that this Committee went to find out what ails these referral hospitals. Mathari National The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ...
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27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Teaching and Referral Hospital is the only mental health facility in this Republic, but it does not meet those international standards based on the entire status of the facility. It has poor doctor- patient ratios. You cannot really say it meets any standards. It is not a good facility. In fact, I live next to it. The hospital has an acute shortage of staff. For example, in the security wing, you have one nurse to 147 capital offenders. That is extremely serious. The hospital buildings are old and dilapidated. Drainage systems are clogged. This hospital also caters for a number ...
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27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
The Spinal Injury Hospital is no exception. It is the same in terms of needs with Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. It has no staff. It caters to patients from Central and most of East Africa. It is limited in bed capacity. There are shortages of staff and money. It is all the same. The MTRH in Eldoret suffers a burden of serving patients from many counties. One of them is Baringo where I used to come from. It has a bed capacity of 900, but they said bed occupancy is at 110 per cent meaning there would be ...
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27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
So that I give others an opportunity, all these hospitals, like KNH and MTRH, need to be funded adequately to bridge the budget shortfall. Finally, the Committee made various recommendations on these hospitals. These recommendations must be followed. If they are not followed, it is pointless. We will be accused of going around counties doing oversight, but yet there will be no outcome. With those few remarks, I thank you and I fully support this Report.
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13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I also would like to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives for the work that they did on this Bill. It is extremely important.
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13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
This Bill seeks to establish the Kenya Accreditation Service as a State corporation. Therefore, the functions of this Service will fall under the national Government. This is a national Government entity. The Bill recognises the Service as the sole body which is responsible for carrying out accreditation of conformity assessment bodies such as KEBS. A while ago, Hon. Serem said that the Kenya Accreditation Service has been a department of KEBS. It should be the other way round because it is the Kenya Accreditation Service that accredits KEBS. The Bill seeks to establish a system that is recognised internationally. That ...
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