Martin Peters Owino

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: starvation in our country. That trend is not new to us. Despite this being the case, we always employ a risk management style in response. To me, that is a real concern. In 2001 and 2002, we used Kshs14 billion to distribute relief foods in response. If only a quarter of that money could have been used to put up an integrated approach with policies and systems to make sure that drought does not occur or if it does, it is fully responded to, we would not be in the circumstances we are now. It seems as if we only ... view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I urge the debate to go on in terms of the following. We need irrigation and silos for the area. We also need infrastructure so that Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) can be accessed very easily. More so, we need an integrated approach so that this does not occur again. Lastly, those in leadership should be sensitive, have mercy and empathy towards the people who are suffering. What we saw in the verbal response is not--- view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. A lot of information has been given so I will not go that line but I want to highlight some things which we have as assets in this country and we are not using them. There is a policy paper called community strategies. This is a paper that elaborates how we should do our primary health care. As I congratulate Hon. Ruweida, screening comes out of education. When people are aware, they will yield to be screened. All this is in the strategy paper for community health. It is clear that the most effective ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: would have been prevented and life elongated. If we can empower the cadres of community health workers, they will motivate people to have self-seeking behaviour and urge people to go to a health centre or a dispensary just to check whether everything is alright. You are not sick but just concerned about your health status. It is very paramount. The only person who can do it better is a community health worker, who sits down with these people and talks to them. I have had a scenario where you can even organise a medical camp or equip a facility, but ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: should not pay. These are basic public health requirements. They should be given these things free. I want to close by saying if the Government wants to save money, let it invest in Levels 1, 2 and 3 hospitals for all NCDs, because we walk with all these diseases but we do not know. The earlier it is detected, correct diagnosis is made and proper treatment is prescribed, then that person will live longer. I will end there. I support this Motion. I donate some of my time to Dr. Nyikal because we are going somewhere. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to contribute to this Motion, which I totally support. I also want to declare that I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. In this Committee, we take health very seriously because this is the highest House that protects the ordinary Kenyans. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: You can recall that Anyango or Wanjiku down there does not know who is a doctor or a specialist. However, it is this House which can set rules straight. Regarding this Report, awarding specialist recognition to undeserving doctor was the whole domain of investigation. As a Committee, we spent a lot of time talking, interviewing people and investigating. Therefore, I hope that any report brought by a committee to the House is taken seriously. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I thank the Speaker for having made his ruling because we have two documents here. One was doctored both in the executive summary and recommendations. However, a ruling was given, so that we could debate this. Kenyans may be at risk of accessing sub-standard eye care if this Report is not taken seriously. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Shakeel Shabbir wrote to us and that was the basis for investigation. We took a lot of time calling the stakeholders. Dr. Soni had not complied with the recommendations given by the 11th Parliament. That was the cause for the writing by Hon. Shabbir. Dr. Soni graduated with Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) Degree in 2004 and we did not dispute that at all. However, her first application for recognition was five years later in 2009 and it was rejected. It was an eye blow to the Committee on why the rejection was done. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: In 2014, six years later, she did an application and it was approved based on recommendation of friends. That is not allowed in the medical process of recognition of specialists. We probed all this and at one point, the board could not answer some questions, which we will deal with later on. view