Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1231 to 1240 of 2249.

• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am really grateful to the hon. Member’s contribution. We are caught between the rock and the hard place. On the one hand, we do realize a need to train more personnel to handle more cases in the medical sector and on the other hand, we do not receive enough budgetary resources to do so. Indeed, just this morning, I was at a spinal injury hospital discussing with the Medical Superintendent the cases of trauma in that hospital and what we can do to improve services to those who are traumatized, including sexual violence victims. We ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will remember that one of the recommendations that the team that worked on guidelines had was that we should have special courts to try sexual violence cases. This is something that we, in the Ministry, are for and I think the Judiciary should accept. I do believe that one of the reform measures that are going to be taken as the Judiciary gets reformed is to have special courts for sexual violence. In as much as in police stations there has been an attempt to have special facilities to deal with victims of sexual violence. ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I bow to the expertise of my two colleagues. That is why hon. Odhiambo-Mabona was involved in drawing of those regulations. However, I said, with due respect to my dear friend, hon. Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, that we do recognize the shortage of those who specialize in special violence, notwithstanding the fact that they are medical professionals. It is in that regard that we have recognized sexual violence as one of the trauma cases. We, in the Ministry, have isolated trauma as an area where we need focus and we are developing a programme with the University of ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the maternity ward at Thika District Hospital has 48 beds. (b) The Ministry plans to construct a 150 bed reproductive health unit in the hospital comprising of the following:- (i) An antenatal ward, a labour ward, post natal ward, new born unit or nursery and an operating theatre. In this regard, the Ministry has approached the Ministry of Public Works to develop designs and drawings for the units and generate a bill of quantities. As soon as this is completed and the cost estimate given, we plan to engage the Treasury ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I agree with the hon. Member that Thika District Hospital is a very important hospital, with a very big catchment area. In fact, it is the referral centre for Matuu Sub-District Hospital, Ruiru Sub-District Hospital, Kirwara Sub-District Hospital, Gatundu and Maragwa District Hospitals, and all the surrounding lower level health facilities. We know that the bed occupancy rate ranges from 100 per cent to 200 per cent. The hon. Member is right that because it functions well above capacity, beds are, indeed, shared by patients in that hospital. For that reason, we have developed a ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Nonetheless, as the hon. Member has requested a specific plan for the hospital, I will go through it very carefully so that we know what we are going to do from this financial year to the financial year 2014/2015; we cannot get all the money from the Treasury and development partners at once. One, in this financial year, we shall construct a 150-bed reproductive health unit for meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) No.5. Second, for the financial years 2012 to 2014, we are going to construct a casualty and emergency unit comprising of a trauma ward, a theater, an ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, that is okay since I have the answer. The Ministry has actually condemned Hola District Hospital because it was built on quick sand and it is actually sinking. So, we cannot reconstruct Hola District Hospital. What we would want to do is to build a brand new hospital in Hola. This was, indeed, in the Budget but, as the Member realizes, the Ministry has not been given the money we need to do this hospital as we planned; but since we do quite a number of things in collaboration with development partners, this is the one of ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would be very irresponsible for me to go and demolish that hospital, and then people have nowhere to go; it would be equally irresponsible for me to put good money on bad money. So, there is a very painful decision to make. Let the people use their hospital as it is today when we are working with the Ministry of Public Works for a brand new hospital, and we will do it as quickly as possible. Indeed, if the Treasury gave me money yesterday, we would have built that hospital then; but I happen to ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a difference between using an institution, and using it illegally. There is absolutely nothing illegal in continuing to use that institution, provided certain safety measures are taken. So, safety measures are there. The only thing that we cannot do is to begin reconstruction because it will not help. The reconstruction, according to the advice of the Ministry of Public Works, is not advisable. Therefore, I can only do what they advise me to do. They have said: “Look, if you try to reconstruct this thing, you will be wasting money. Please, go ahead and ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, quite rightly so. I will be more than willing to provide them to the Members of Parliament from those cases. In any case, it is the Members of Parliament who are the eyes of the Government on the ground. Therefore, when these plans are there, the Members of Parliament play two roles; one, is to keep a hot spur on our posterior to ensure that these plans are implemented. The other one is to keep on getting information from the ground on what is needed. So, I will definitely give the Member of Parliament the plans ... view