Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me handle hon. Chanzu’s questions first because they are fresh in my mind. The core business of the NHIF is health insurance, but also it is known by such bodies worldwide, and even in the NHIF Act, that it happens to a lot of parastatals that when they have surplus funds, they can invest provided that such investments are approved by the Treasury. My concern, however, is to begin from where we started after the NHIF had made those investments before I became the Minister for Medical Services. Those are ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, to respond to hon. Monda’s question, I am glad they have asked the NHIF to appear before the Committee on Tuesday. The management of the NHIF is better positioned to respond to management issues. As a Minister, I make policies, which are implemented by the NHIF. If they do not respond to you adequately, then I will come in, but I would plead with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee to ask the NHIF management this detailed questions on Tuesday. If they do not give you adequate answers, I will be quite willing to ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital on average attends to 18,000 outpatients and 20,000 inpatients every month. (b) The World Health Organization (WHO) standard for surgical theatres in large teaching hospitals is one theatre for every 50 inpatients. The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has ten theatres, which for a bed capacity of 710, gives a shortfall of 4 theatres. In spite of this shortfall, the hospital optimizes utilisation of these theatres to ensure that no surgical patient is delayed for surgery or turned away. (c) The strategic direction of the health ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is correct. We are aware of this bottleneck at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as a result of the shortage of theatres. It is because of this that we are planning to decongest the hospital by expanding Huruma Sub-District Hospital. A key reason why the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has a heavy workload is lack of a district hospital in the larger Uasin Gishu District. This not only stretches facilities at the hospital, but also visits upon patients a higher cost of treatment as fees at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am grateful to Dr. Khalwale for raising that issue. Indeed, several times, I have talked about improving the referral system in the nation. Recently, there was a very useful editorial in the Daily Nation on this issue for which I commend that particular newspaper. It has taken some time to have discussions with the relevant people and the institutions involved, but we have agreed on the terms of reference for a taskforce that will now help us to put in place a proper referral strategy, which will include, as Dr. Khalwale says, upgrading the provincial hospitals ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a tremendous problem in this nation in that the doctor/patient ratio is, perhaps, one of the highest in the developing countries. Many patients go to hospitals and find that there are no doctors to attend to them within the requisite time. This is because either the specialists are not available or the specialists who are there are over-stretched. The City of Nairobi is very badly hit, first, because the architecture of medical facilities is all wrong. The City Council is supposed to own and operate clinics in the City, yet it is not capable of ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that we have many problems with Nakuru Provincial General Hospital. Not too long ago we had to completely reshuffle the personnel and deal with some of them in the department of pharmacy view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I said is that I do agree with the hon. Member that we have problems at the Nakuru Provincial General Hospital. I am not aware that you have to bribe but, indeed, if that is the allegation the hon. Member has made, it is very serious. It is incumbent upon me and my officers to investigate and establish the veracity of that allegation. I would not take it lightly and I would not think that an hon. Member would make a point frivolously. I, therefore, take him seriously and we shall, indeed, look into the issue ... view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did mention earlier on that one of the problems we have in the Ministry of Medical of Services is a shortage of development funds. In other words, in the Budget, the Recurrent Budget may be available but the development aspect of the Budget is wanting in the Ministry of Medical Services. We try as much as possible to work with development partners in this capital development. All I can assure the hon. Member is that we shall continue to look for funds other than the Exchequer resources because from the last two years up to now, ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support this Report and congratulate the Kenyan delegation that participated in the ACP Committee and the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) meetings in Brussels on 27th September, 2009, and also the 18th Session of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and all the other related meetings that are reported therein in the Report. view