Dr Rachael Kaki Nyamai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one would ask: What is the rationale behind the introduction of an HIV/AIDS Fund? Kenya is one of the countries that receive money from the Global Fund. This country ought to adopt innovative methods of fundraising. We need an institution that focuses clearly on innovative ways of fund raising funds as opposed to expecting to be provided with a certain amount of money every year or every five years. Funding from donors and the Government has also dropped, thus raising concerns on the future of HIV programmes. For example, we have a programme called TETOWA that ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a high proportion of Kenyans are currently on anti-retroviral treatment. Those are life-saving drugs and, hence, they directly depend on those donors. When you look at how much are we giving as a country to HIV/AIDS, it is a question that needs reflection by us as a legislative arm of this Government. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The funding that we are receiving towards HIV is also quite low and it is important that we have a fund where our own Government also has an obligation to ensure that we have sustainable funding for HIV. The dependency is risky owing to un- predictability of the funds that we are receiving from donors. This means that we will require a national programme of this nature which will respond to the national problem as opposed to giving our very important programmes to be fully funded by the donors. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a mechanism of this nature is also going to demonstrate the Government’s commitment in addressing HIV/AIDS, and also Tuberculosis (TB) which require urgent response. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, also in line with this, our Millennium Development Goal (MDG) No.6 focuses on combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases. So, having a sustainable fund is very important. So, in brief, I would like to say that the importance of that fund is to provide support for HIV interventions in a sustainable way, to reduce the countries over-reliance on donors and also to address the funding gap in HIV. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I, therefore, support this very important Bill and state that, at the Third Reading, the Departmental Committee on Health will be bringing various amendments which we have had proper consultations with the proprietor of the Bill, hon. Opiyo, and state that we are rightly behind him in supporting it. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I just want to follow up on the same line as Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla has said because this matter has been raised severally and for those of us who are representing such constituencies, I think it is a matter that if anyone has to mention, then it is important that they substantiate the information. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I just want to follow up on the same line as Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla has said because this matter has been raised severally and for those of us who are representing such constituencies, I think it is a matter that if anyone has to mention, then it is important that they substantiate the information. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this opportunity to support this important Bill. I would like to appreciate the Mover of the Bill and the seconder hon. Amina Abdalla for giving us very strong points because this Bill requires to be amended so as to take care of some of the issues, which I will mention at the end of my contribution. As I contribute to this Bill, I would like to reflect on the situation of my own constituency; Kitui South which has different types of minerals from Iron ore, limestone, green granite and so many others. ... view