Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1721 to 1730 of 2249.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I concur with the hon. Member that, indeed, our hospitals should be properly equipped and given the requisite human resources. It is the responsibility of Members of this House to ensure that the budget allocated to the Ministry is adequate to accomplish the kind of responsibilities they are assigning to the Ministry. At the moment, the whole health sector gets only 7 per cent of the Kenyan Budget, whereas the need is 15 per cent. I hope that, in this year’s Budget, the House will increase or double the budgetary allocation to the health sector so ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)As asked, the AIE allocations per Item and debts Lodwar District Hospital owes suppliers, with specification of goods and services supplied from financial year 2002/2003 to date, are hereby tabled. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The hospital has delayed in paying suppliers because of funding constraints, the most significant being Treasury’s failure to fund the 2005/2006 fourth quarter recurrent AIEs for the districts. That year, Lodwar District Hospital missed funding worth Kshs1,696,698. (c) The Ministry has completed taking an inventory of all uncleared bills in public hospitals, and has initiated dialogue with the Treasury on the possibility of securing view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is right. We were faced with pending bills worth about Kshs2.8 billion when I took over the Ministry last year. Most of the bills emanated from the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) who owed suppliers Kshs1.6 billion. However, the KEMSA pending bill has now been cleared with funds obtained from the Treasury. We hope that in the coming Budget, the Minister for Finance will allocate my Ministry enough money so that we can clear the small bills owed by Lodwar District Hospital and other hospitals so that small traders who supply food, equipment ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am fully aware that Kitale District Hospital has similar problems. Indeed, it is not longer than one month ago when I visited this hospital which falls under the same category as Lodwar District Hospital. The only difference is that Kitale District Hospital has a larger sum of money that it should pay to the service providers. I hope that since we have submitted the same request to the Treasury for the pending bills, Kitale District Hospital will also enjoy the same support once the money is released by the Treasury. However, I urge hon. Members ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, although that is a different question, it is something we experience quite often and we should find a lasting solution to it. Quite often when doctors are employed by the Ministry, before their papers are processed, there is a lag period between the time of being assigned a particular station and the time the documents are ready so that their payment can be made. This is because of what we discussed the other day. We said that the hiring process should be shortened; that is the time taken to prepare the documents for the doctors hired ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member. It is an inhuman situation. However, put yourself in the shoe of the KNH which renders services and expects its bills to be paid. Because of the failure of the referral system in this country, people go to referral hospitals like the KNH for ailments that can be treated, at the primary level, this hospital is congested with patients it should not be looking after and spends money to treat them. Once a patient has been treated he or she is expected to pay his or her bill before he ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already drafted a Cabinet Memo--- view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is absolutely out of order to hold a patient who has been treated in a hospital, but it is also absolutely out of order for a patient to be treated and expect not to pay his medical bill. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really empathise with the hon. Member. I also agree with him totally that small traders should not be penalised. However, the hon. Member should also know that I was not the Minister for Medical Services in the 2005/2006 Financial Year. In fact, I was in the Opposition at that time. These are debts I found in the Ministry and I have taken--- view