Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1381.

• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Medical Services the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that the only fluoroscopy X-ray machine at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) broke down in early March, 2011 and why are there no contingent measures to cater for the breakdown? (b) What stop-gap measures has the Government taken to ensure detection and treatment of cancer at the facility and when will the machine be repaired or replaced? view
• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my response to the answer given by the Assistant Minister is that the issue and the challenge we are raising is that the KNH is a referral institution. It handles cases basically referred from other Government institutions. Some of which involve Kenyans who cannot afford treatment in private hospitals. Is it proper for the Ministry to have allowed this hospital to use an outdated machine which is now 19 years old, until it reaches the point of breakdown? When it comes to replacement, you have not taken any urgent measures to replace this equipment. He ... view
• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to mislead this House that the fluoroscopy machine is not used for detection and treatment of cancer? What is it used to screen? view
• 5 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, given the fact that this is an equipment whose lifespan, the procedure for replacement and the time span are known, how does the hospital operate without preparations to replace an equipment once it has expired or broken down, like has happened now? Does the Assistant Minister have to wait until he budgets for the equipment again, therefore, causing suspension of the services the machine was offering to Kenyans? view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for the chance to contribute to this Motion. I also want to join my colleagues in applauding the Address by His Excellency the President, which expounded quite clearly on the critical legislative agenda that this Session of Parliament must carry though in order for the country to see to the successful implementation of the reforms that were promised to the country by the passage of the new Constitution. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President’s Address has set out clearly the pieces of legislation that really need to be passed. These legislations are also required to be so passed by the new Constitution. They will also help this country to address some of the challenges that we are faced with; indeed, bearing in mind the need to go through the electoral process, particularly in less than two years from now--- view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also important that the President brought out quite clearly the present situation in the country. He noted about the economic performance last year and the achievement of the Government, particularly the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since the year 2002. It has grown from less than Kshs1 trillion to about Kshs2.5 trillion. This is a significant achievement. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the situation in this country and the political situation, there is no doubt that, as others have said before me, we are faced with quite a big challenge as a country. In the first place, the ongoing inflationary pressure, especially from the oil prices, is something that was not foreseen as far as planners are concerned. This is seriously impacting on our growth prospects. It has also been alluded to this afternoon by the Prime Minister. Even though hopes have been expressed that the situation in the Middle East may settle quite fast, it ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, we are aware that the world is also going through an acute financial crisis, right from the most developed economies. Indeed, the events like the impact of the tsunami in Japan are also anticipated to produce a world financial crisis. We cannot really ignore these issues. This brings me to the way we are handling out politics at the national level. It is important that I also go on record by expressing concern that we cannot imagine ourselves as leaders in trying to exercise what is our democratic right or to imagine that our ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not reading a speech. I can even contribute to this Motion without even looking at this paper. I am saying that even ICC which has generated a lot of tension is an issue that our leaders could have handled much better than they have done. The main problem is that we had an opportunity to set up a tribunal. I was for the local tribunal, which unfortunately we failed to establish. When the ICC beckons to take over this matter, we are now rocked into a lot of controversy. The tragedy is that ... view