Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you realise that those earning more than Kshs15,000 now are very many. It means that I who earns about Kshs800,000 pay the same amount as my driver and housemate. I do not think that is an equitable way of contributing to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). It has, therefore, been necessary, after more than 20 years of having that scale for the NHIF to revise these scales in view of the increased costs of living and also purchasing power parity. Benefits that are supposed to be enjoyed by the beneficiaries are stipulated in Section 22 ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: “The Board shall pay from the Fund benefits declared hospitals for expenses incurred at those hospitals by any contributor; his name, spouse, child or other named dependent. Subject to such limitations as maybe imposed under Subsection 3, the medical or health-care expenses referred to in Subsection 1 shall cover both in-patient and outpatient medical care” view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you realise that todate the NHIF has only been covering in-patient care, therefore, not living upto the standards that were set by this Act passed by this Parliament. It has been necessary, therefore, over the last four years, for the NHIF to look into ways and means of providing both in-patient and outpatient care, after proper actuarial studies have been done. Outpatient like in-patient is considered as the most integral part of medical health-care, yet the NHIF has never offered this since its inception. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, 75 per cent of Kenyans seek outpatient health-care. The NHIF which, therefore, caters for only in-patient care ignores 75 per cent of the population it should be taking care of. It has been, therefore, my humble duty as the Minister to ensure that the NHIF responds to this noble duty to the nation. The requirement of the above quoted section is in line with the provisions of the new Constitution of Kenya, Section 43 and Kenya Vision 2030 that identifies the health sector as an essential component of national development. In that regard, I would like ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: “Every person has the right— (a) to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health-care services, including reproductive health-care;” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in another section, this Constitution gives a Kenyan citizen the right to take the Government to court if it does perform the functions as enshrined in the Constitution. The new Constitution of Kenya grants rights to the highest attainable standards which includes rights to health-care services including reproductive health-care services. On the other hand, the overall goal in Kenya Vision 2030 is to improve the health outcomes and indicators of Kenyans by shifting ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the foregoing, the Board of Management mitigated the above risks by undertaking a study tour to ten countries that have implemented outpatient scheme with a success. An actuarial study by an international firm was commissioned by the NHIF to determine the administration sustainability and costing of outpatient services. The report of the actuarial study done by Alexander Forbes Consultants and Actuarists showed that outpatient medical health-care services can be done. The Board of Management decided to phase it out with a pilot project as a precursor to the eventual roll out. It is, therefore, not ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the process from inception has involved study tours which I myself have taken with officials of the Ministry to Europe to look at such services in Britain, German and France. As I mentioned, we have now gazetted the beginning of the outpatient cover from the 1st October, 2010. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 30th November, 2009, the NHIF launched outpatient cover in Mumias Town through live television coverage. On that day, the management made it clear that an eventual roll out will require an increase of contributions rates for sustainability. The NHIF went further to advertise in both radio and television on what this meant to contributors. The pilot project went on for eight months and the Board of Management was appraised on a monthly basis. In the Board of Management, all the stakeholders I mentioned are represented. They were impressed by the management and preparedness of the ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With regard to in-patient services, the current comprehensive services will be enhanced to include the following:- (i) Inclusion of dialysis and subsidized transplant costs. Currently dialysis is costing Kshs15,000 in private hospitals and Kshs5,000 in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). It will now be covered by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), including transplant. At the moment, transplant of kidneys at the KNH costs Kshs800,000. In India, it costs Kshs2 million. I am ready to table in this House documents showing the amount of money the Government has been spending in the form of ex-gratia to take our people for treatment ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the questions are very good. Let me respond to them systematically as they were asked. The ailments going to be covered by outpatient cover is something that we have tested in a pilot project that I launched in Mumias in February, 2010. So, we have got the results back and we know what it costs to cover them and whether we can do so. So, it is not something that we are now guess-working. It is something that is scientific and we know that if we collect this money, the NHIF will sustain the coverage. Mr. ... view