Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: affected very many people, I think that when we talk about cancer, a Motion about cancer ought not to be titled “Screening for women”. It should be screening for men and women including boys and girls. Only then do we treat it seriously. I also think that it should not just be restricted to cervical cancer but cover all forms of cancer. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thirdly, whereas screening is a good thing, screening without more can be a bad thing in my considered opinion. Screening must be accompanied by treatment or management to the extent that up to certain stages, cancer can be treatable and beyond certain stages, it may be managed. Any recommendation on screening must come hand in hand with a recommendation for free treatment and management by the Government. In this case, whether it be the national or county governments, it must be clearly stipulated so. Only then can we meaningfully deal with the scourge of cancer in the present time. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thirdly, whereas screening is a good thing, screening without more can be a bad thing in my considered opinion. Screening must be accompanied by treatment or management to the extent that up to certain stages, cancer can be treatable and beyond certain stages, it may be managed. Any recommendation on screening must come hand in hand with a recommendation for free treatment and management by the Government. In this case, whether it be the national or county governments, it must be clearly stipulated so. Only then can we meaningfully deal with the scourge of cancer in the present time. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in addition to that, it has been suggested that perhaps it would aid in this process if cancer was declared a national disaster. We have previously declared national disasters including HIV/AIDS which after it was declared a national disaster, it was followed by certain actions including free treatment and legislation. I would suggest that alongside a Motion such as this and all other measures that we consider, we should also consider that idea of declaring cancer a national disaster if for no other purpose but to draw the attention of Kenyans generally to the issue of ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in addition to that, it has been suggested that perhaps it would aid in this process if cancer was declared a national disaster. We have previously declared national disasters including HIV/AIDS which after it was declared a national disaster, it was followed by certain actions including free treatment and legislation. I would suggest that alongside a Motion such as this and all other measures that we consider, we should also consider that idea of declaring cancer a national disaster if for no other purpose but to draw the attention of Kenyans generally to the issue of ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, I wish to make it clear that whereas cancer is a problem and whereas we have urged the Government to act, there are those who have said that health is devolved and so there is only so much that the national Government can do. It has led to the suggestion that as we are re-thinking about re-working our Constitution, we should reconsider the idea of devolution of health. I must say that there are some constituencies that have done very well in terms of health and the idea of devolving health may have worked in some constituencies. However, looking ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, I wish to make it clear that whereas cancer is a problem and whereas we have urged the Government to act, there are those who have said that health is devolved and so there is only so much that the national Government can do. It has led to the suggestion that as we are re-thinking about re-working our Constitution, we should reconsider the idea of devolution of health. I must say that there are some constituencies that have done very well in terms of health and the idea of devolving health may have worked in some constituencies. However, looking ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I must say that the blame on the Constitution is not entirely well grounded. It must be remembered that the idea to devolve health as a Big Bang Theory came after the first summit in 2013 where the President and governors met and it was resolved to devolve health. It was not a requirement of the Constitution. It is still not a wholesome requirement of the Constitution. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I must say that the blame on the Constitution is not entirely well grounded. It must be remembered that the idea to devolve health as a Big Bang Theory came after the first summit in 2013 where the President and governors met and it was resolved to devolve health. It was not a requirement of the Constitution. It is still not a wholesome requirement of the Constitution. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are suffering the decision that was made at the summit and we are suffering the misinterpretations by the bodies that were charged to implement the Constitution that misled people to believe that health was devolved. I wish to draw the attention of my colleagues to the Fourth Schedule Part 2 (2) of the Constitution which defines the respective functions. Where you will find the only things which were devolved were county health facilities. When we were writing the Constitution, we contemplated the county health facilities to be those which were previously run by the municipal ... view