Hon Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga

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• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Yes, you are right, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to just make a few comments and observations that Members had raised. Maybe, most of the Members were not here last time when I moved debate on the Bill. The issues that were raised by Members have been captured here very well. The Member for North Imenti contributed to this Bill and raised something very important. I hope we will capture it in our final draft. If you go to all our public hospitals, you will agree with me that there are so many ... view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: into a public hospital where the Government has the responsibility to take care of its citizens and fail to get treatment because you do not have money. I proposed in this Bill that any public facility that does not provide treatment at the first call should be penalised because it is the responsibility of every Government to ensure that its people get treatment. view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Something else that was raised in the discussion last week is that I proposed to amend Section 31 of the Health Act No.21 of 2017 such that the council reviews the policies. You realise that when you go to some public hospitals, because of the devolved health function, you find that one treatment centre has a number of medical officers, but in others, you cannot even get a clinical officer. You will only get nurses. If we can have a council that will review the posting of medical officers within and across counties, there will be a balance of medical ... view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Many of our patients who go to India are like tourists there. Some of them sleep on the floor. I had an opportunity to visit India and I visited some of the public hospitals where people go for treatment for cancer and I was surprised. One funny thing is that when this disease is discovered early enough, it can be treated. There are medical officers who confirmed that cancer can be treated if it is diagnosed at a very early stage. I proposed in this Bill, and Members are in agreement, that even if we do not have a cancer ... view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Something else that was observed by the Members for Kwanza and Endebess, which I tend to agree with, was that most public hospitals hide some medicines and refer patients to some clinics and stores. When you go to one chemist, you will find that there is a high variation in the price of medicine or drugs that you are buying. We propose to have a realistic variation; something that can run between 10 per cent and 20 per cent. There is no way a chemist can sell medicine at Kshs100 and in the same neighbourhood, another one sells the same ... view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Those are some of the observations that we made. Another thing is that there is a Member who proposed that there be a way for the Government to cushion all cancer patients in the country so that they get subsidised treatment across all cancer centres in the country. Most of them end up selling all their properties and using all their savings because of the treatment they need. If there is a way in which this House can establish a fund to assist cancer patients, then it will save them a lot of pain. view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Lastly, something else that was observed is that there is a problem in our public hospitals. There are many dead bodies which are not being collected. The Government has a leeway of disposing them. We realised that dead bodies are being kept long in mortuaries because relatives are trying to sell property so as to get money to pay medical bills. A dead body cannot be of any value even if it is kept for years. The proposal made on the Floor is that we should find a mechanism of settling bills after a poor family loses a loved one. ... view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to reply. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf and the great people of Bumula, I pass my condolences to the family of the late Hon. President Mwai Kibaki and the entire nation. When we mourn such a great man, we pick some lessons that we need to follow, as leaders of this country. There is one thing I realised with the late President; he was serving as President when some of us were in the civil service. Every time we had opportunity to visit him in the evenings, you would realise that he was sitting with men who could guide him ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf and the great people of Bumula, I pass my condolences to the family of the late Hon. President Mwai Kibaki and the entire nation. When we mourn such a great man, we pick some lessons that we need to follow, as leaders of this country. There is one thing I realised with the late President; he was serving as President when some of us were in the civil service. Every time we had opportunity to visit him in the evenings, you would realise that he was sitting with men who could guide him ... view