Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes once the Ministry has reported to the police and they have taken over the responsibility to arrest and take those people to court, the matter rests in the docket of the police force, and the Ministry does not have expertise whatsoever in that area. 2540 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 8, 2008 view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member in his recommendations; however, the Office of the Attorney-General recommended that the three officers who handled the salaries be held responsible for the loss. I have the names of the three officers who were held responsible. They should be charged with paying the salaries back with interest, because they were responsible and not the Ministry . view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: The Ministry is only responsible for paying the salaries that were due to the officers affected. When it comes to paying the penalties, that will have to be done by the persons held responsible by the Attorney-General for the loss. The matter should be between the Attorney-General and the parties concerned. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has, in the last two years, gazetted 995 CDF constructed dispensaries that were complete. This means that the gazetted facilities are entitled to nursing staff, essential medicines and medical supplies from the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) in the Budget for the financial year, 2008/2009. My Ministry has made provisions to make all the gazetted CDF dispensaries operational in terms of provision of medical equipment and supplies as well as staffing with, at least, one nurse. Nurses are the cadre of technical staff that the Ministry deploys at the ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is right. The policy we are trying to implement at the moment is to establish sub-district hospitals in every constituency. Once this is done, other facilities downwards will have to be upgraded mutatismutandis . view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will have to consult very closely with the Minister for Livestock Development to ascertain whether it will be possible to do that. However, we are open to ideas. At the moment, we are using ambulances in those areas, but as the hon. Member said, sometimes ambulances cannot go on certain roads. So, it is quite an innovative idea which should be considered seriously. We shall be consulting with the hon. Member and the Minister for Livestock Development to find out whether this is a possibility. I, however, believe that it is not beyond the realm ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said in the House recently, we are in the process of taking an audit of all medical facilties. It is true that even certain dispensaries have had substantial equipment put into them by donor agencies. That information may not be available to us, but the moment we realise that an institution has equipment that goes beyond the level assigned to it, it will, definitely, be moved upwards. Our objective is to ensure that medical service delivery is effective. The better the institutions are, the better it is for us. So, I must congratulate hon. ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at this point in time--- Even in my own constituency, I have six dispensaries without nurses. This is mainly because we have a shortage of nurses but we are recruiting, as I said, 1,600 nurses this year. The advertisement should be in the newspapers very soon. As soon as we recruit the nurses, we intend to deploy them to all the institutions where their services are required. So, I will undertake, in consultation with the hon. Member, to follow up the issue very carefully; in his case, once we have the advertisement and nurses are recruited, ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I 2010 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 23, 2008 beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are occasional shortages of blood at Kisumu Blood Transfusion Centre. However, patients are not exposed to undue risk as blood is airlifted to the facility to meet shortages whenever necessary. The centre is also receiving the necessary support in terms of fuel and refreshments for blood donors. Whenever blood donors give blood, they are given refreshments to energise them. I remember that while I was in High School, whenever I gave blood, I was always given a bottle of Fanta ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is right. Recently, we went to Kisii District Hospital, which receives blood from Kisumu for distribution to hospitals in that region. We found out that there are certain private hospitals which charge for blood transfusion at exorbitant rates. What we will do is not to sell them blood at a price higher than Kshs1,000, but to establish a much more effective surveillance system to ensure that no patient pays more than Kshs3,000 for a unit of blood. We would not like them to charge more than Kshs3,000, because we know that they also ... view