Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

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• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Fe bruary 11, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Kanyangi Dispensary and Kauwi Health Centre were gazetted as Sub-district hospitals in August 2008. This was meant to be an initial step towards upgrading the infrastructure in the two facilities to match their gazetted status. Of the two facilities, Kauwi already has much of the infrastructure required in a sub-district hospital. It requires a theatre, expansion of wards, an ambulance and deployment of more staff to operate as a fully-fledged sub-district hospital. The Ministry plans to progressively provide the missing infrastructure and additional staff to meet required standards within the next three years. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: In comparison, the infrastructure at Kanyangi is appropriate for a dispensary and it is, thus, operating at that level. Granted the large resource outlay necessary to improve infrastructure, the Ministry views this as a long-term investment. However, the facility already has access to ambulance services shared with Yatta Health Centre. Besides factoring the upgrading of the two facilities in the development budget for successive years, the Ministry will also plan to pursue possibilities of support from development partners to fast-track the necessary improvements. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the concern by the hon. Member is genuine. I understand the difficulty of sharing an ambulance with Yatta Health Centre. We will consider possibilities of providing the hon. Member with an ambulance this coming budget so that he can be sure of servicing his patients when need arises. However, this may necessitate upgrading the dispensary to health centre status so that it can qualify for an ambulance. Ambulances are not usually allocated to dispensaries. I think what we need to consider is the possibility of upgrading the view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 4794 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 10, 2009 view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: dispensary to a health centre so that it can have an ambulance. I will make sure that we send our officials there to write an appropriate report to that effect. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is right. As I have said before in this House, when these health facilities are categorised at certain levels, they should al have requisite infrastructure, services and human resources. For example, at the moment, Kauwi Sub-District Hospital has no doctor. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The most senior person there is a registered clinical officer. Clinical officers do good work but where you have a theatre where somebody needs an operation, it is very important to have a doctor. We have been doing a complete analysis of our health facilities to find out the gaps that exist in every facility. We are in the process of filling these gaps. For example, although we have theatres in various sub-district hospitals, we do not have anaesthetics - people who can help surgeons when they are doing their operations. It is in that regard that during my trip ... view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the hon. Member to put that in writing to my Permanent Secretary, copy it to me and I will follow it up. view