Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another issue that was raised by my friend Mr. Mwau regarding ambulances. We, in the Ministry, have recognized the issue and the importance of pooling our resources in the public and private sector to provide what we call a national ambulatory and emergency service, whereby all private and public ambulances will be governed by a GPS system and whenever there is a need for ambulance, we shall dial a number and the ambulance will be provided and that ambulance will be remunerated according to the service it gives, whether it is from the private sector ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Finally, my friend, Mr. George Nyamweya talked about preparedness of Kenyans to deal with disasters. I think I would like to request Mr. George Nyamweya to allow me to deal with this issue when we issue a Statement in this House on the comprehensive state of preparedness or national preparedness for disasters and then we can come up with a programme in the Government for public awareness and public education about disasters. This is because what happened yesterday will continue to happen unless our people know how to behave when disasters occur. You know, for example, when there was a ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would not say that I know where he is, but I do believe that he is in the country, unless he is out on official visit. That I would not know. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to answer. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that commercial health insurance companies do not provide cover for children with congenital disorders. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: (b) I am also aware that more than a third of children with congenital disorders require constant medical care which most parents cannot afford. view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: (c) Commercial health insurance companies are business entities outside the regulation of the Ministry of Medical Services. The regulatory capacity of the Ministry in the area targets hospitals where patients end up for medical care. The only health insurance provider under the mandate of the Ministry is the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and has no exclusions on congenital disorders. Members of the public are, therefore, advised to insure with NHIF as it offers broad benefits that cannot be derived from other insurance insurances. To further ease the burden on Kenyans, the Ministry is also pursuing establishment of universal health ... view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, services are definitely available in Government hospitals for the diseases that they can handle, but where a child with congenital disorder requires specialized treatment and is not available in our health facilities, then the only place you can resort to is private health care. If such mothers are insured by NHIF their health costs will be met by NHIF without any discrimination. I know that the poor are not currently covered by NHIF. That is one of the reasons we have been pushing for universal health coverage, first, by increasing contributions, so that, in the pool, we ... view
• 24 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the law has to be changed to empower my Ministry to regulate private insurance companies. Otherwise, at the moment, they do not come within our purview and they will continue to do e-commerce with the health of Kenyans. view