Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1911 to 1920 of 6535.

• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for an opportunity to second this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you recall in the last Parliament when we were sitting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre ( KICC ), you as the Senate Majority Leader, attempted to bring a Bill to amend the KEMSA Act. We all thought the intentions were suspicious and clouded in what we did not quite understand. Today, this Bill comes in as a milestone in trying to further the management of the health sector in the country. The foundation of this Bill in the Constitution can be traced in Article ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Since the advent of devolution and the devolvement of health, and to a large degree, agriculture sector, the amount of money we have in the Budget and the amount of money that ends up in the counties to take care of the health sector cannot even be 2 per cent as opposed to the Abuja Declaration of 15 per cent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, KEMSA has been tasked to procure and supply medicine to hospitals in the country. When I agreed to second Sen. Seneta on this Bill, it was on the appreciation of the noble goals that it has ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: the event of failure of the county to pay from the money available to them because of mismanagement, or whatever reason, the Controller of Budget will have a duty to ensure that money is paid to KEMSA so that it is not grounded that drugs are supplied to hospitals and wananchi can access them and we build a health nation where everybody is responsible and concerned. That is the only way. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, take any single weekend, go to your county and walk to a hospital. I have done that before and what you see is a sorry ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is now an oath of hypocrisy because the doctors who take this oath to swear they will never let anybody die within their vicinity with their ability to save lives, will leave dying patients in hospital, go to their private clinics and tell them: “Whoever wants to save their lives, follow me there. You pay, I will treat you.” where he earns a salary, he has no business with patients. That is why we called it the oath of hypocrisy. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Even when you look at what is going on in these hospitals, there is so much jostling and fighting about welfare and nobody is concerned about patients. Everybody is fighting about how much they earn, how much they should earn and how much they will be earning. Nobody is talking about how to look after patients. Even if you were to leave those nurses--- This brings me to the point that this country must continuously strengthen KMTCs and train good and quality nurses. If you go to the villages, you will find a-90- year-old man who has been going to ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: In fact, now that this is a budget cycle, the national Government must by now have carried out a survey as to how much we require on the average to put in the supply of medicines for the year to serve the people of Kenya. That money should be put directly in the account of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Once that that is done, KEMSA is then held responsible for regularly and routinely importing good quality medicine and encouraging local manufacturing of good quality medicine that are available to all hospitals from the national referral hospitals down to the ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: and that the national Government and counties are irrelevant and insignificant clients that they do not bother about. They must be made to understand that whether it is an order from the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) as the biggest hospital in the country or a small dispensary somewhere in Tharaka-Nithi County--- What was that place called, again? view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is a small clinic in Marimanti, Kianjai, Sibiloi and so on, once an order is made---. In fact, Sen. Seneta, you must also find a clause to obligate KEMSA to have a period within which drugs must be supplied once an order is made, regardless. This is because we are securing them for payment, we must also obligate them to deliver drugs on time. Sometimes far flung counties like my brother here from Marsabit County, you order for drugs and four months down the line you are told there is no lorry to deliver ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: If this is done – this is the philosophy of this Bill – KEMSA should no longer be a national Government instrument for supply of drugs. It must be an instrument of joint ownership, obligating its activities to county governments and the national Government equally. We must ensure that, no Kenyan will suffer the lack of drugs simply because a county did not have money to pay for drugs upfront because the national Government is guaranteeing a steady and stable and uninterrupted supply of medicine whenever the county places an order. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once we do this, we will have made a milestone in dealing with issues of health. The current situation in the country is totally unacceptable and is a terrible indictment to all of us both at the national and county level because as people are bickering, pushing and pulling, fighting and jostling, people are dying. We cannot just sit there and say people are dying because KEMSA did not supply drugs. That will be a criminal liability. view