Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Kabogo has now come in with apologies. I was saying that I am further aware of media reports of 5th and 6th August this year alleging that six children died at the Thika Level 5 Hospital due to lack of oxygen. I would like to take this opportunity to state the facts concerning the matter. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The children who died between 5th and 6th August, this year, the period specified by hon. Kabogo, were actually three. Their names are the late Fidelis Wanjiru aged 11 days; the late Salome Njoki aged 11 months and the late Lydia Wangui aged 8 months. A fourth child by the name Ann Mumbwa aged 13 years died in the week but this was earlier on 4th August, 2011, at 2.30 p.m. I will now explain the circumstances surrounding each of these four deaths. Fidelis Wanjiru, the 11 day old baby, was admitted to the hospital on 1st August, 2011. She ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: I am concluding. This report was followed by media allegations that the four children had died from lack of oxygen. Immediately after the report, senior health officials and others from the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board immediately visited Thinka Level 5 Hospital to determine whether the deaths had occurred due to lack of oxygen. For the purpose of ensuring objectivity in the investigations, the Ministry requested the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, which is the corporate body that regulates the professional conduct of doctors, to take the lead in determining whether hospital staff had caused the deaths. Officials from the ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish I could have a bank from which I can pay doctors but, unfortunately, it is the Treasury which releases money to all Government Ministries. But let me address these issues--- view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the HANSARD is referred to, it will be discovered that hon. Khalwale actually said: “This Minister has failed to pay them.” That is in the HANSARD already and what I was referring to. That was the statement that he made right in front of me, unless I have some hearing problems; which I do not. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think hon. Kabogo has raised some very fundamental issues regarding the state of the hospital in Thika. As hon. Kabogo has demanded, I will table the report of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board which is contained in the letter they have written to the Medical Superintendent at the hospital. I think hon. Kabogo needs to go into the details to see what the Board did. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Not really, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is because most of the issues that--- view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, allow me this. I have addressed most of the issues that are in that Report in the answer that I have already read, and which has been given to the hon. Member. I am doing it in the spirit of transparency because I would not like to hide anything from him. I assure him that most of the issues that I have read in the Statement are actually from that Report. So, it is just like giving him an annex to my Statement. Both of us should be concerned about the improvement of the ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I would like to combine hon. Khalwale’s question with that of hon. Kabogo. Hon. Kabogo said that, at the Thika Level Five District Hospital, you will find three or four kids in one bed. That is not only at Thika Level Five Hospitals but in many other hospitals in this country. The reason is that over the last 25 years, we have not invested effectively in the medical delivery system in this country. Most of those hospitals were built in 1936. For example, the Old Nyanza General Hospital and Nyeri Provincial Government ... view