Dr Rachael Kaki Nyamai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 15 of the Bill be amended- (a) in Sub-clause (1)- (i) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph - “(a) develop health policies, laws and administrative procedures and programmes in consultation with county governments and health sector stakeholders and the public for the progressive realization of the highest attainable standards of health”; (ii) by inserting the words “and healthy lifestyle;” immediately after the words “dietetic services” appearing in paragraph (d). (iii) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (h) - “(ha) put in place ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: (vi) by inserting the words “and specialized” immediately after the word “national” appearing in paragraph (t). (vii) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (u) – “(ua) provide policy guidelines and regulations for hospital waste management and conduct of environmental health impact assessment”; (viii) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (w) – “(wa) provide policy and training, maintenance of standards and co-ordination mechanisms for the provision of emergency healthcare”; (b) in Sub-clause (2), by inserting the words “ in consultation through the established intergovernmental relations mechanisms” immediately after the words “Health” appearing in the opening ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on the same clause, there are more amendments. I was seeking your guidance whether I should go through all the amendments. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Apart from Clause 15(a), we also have an amendment in (b) for the same purpose of ensuring that there is consultation. On Paragraph (d), we are inserting the words “healthy lifestyle”, with a purpose of the national Government to adopt its policies towards that. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Under Paragraph (h), we are inserting the following new paragraph “(ha) put in place intervention measures to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, emerging and reemerging diseases, and neglected diseases”. It is for the purpose of ensuring that the national Government takes the responsibility of mitigating occurrence of such diseases.” view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended by deleting Sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor the following new Sub-clause - “(2) The Director General for health shall be recruited by the Public Service Commission through a competitive process, vetted by Parliament and appointed by the President.” The purpose of this is to introduce participation of Parliament in recruitment. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This concerns the new Director-General and this position does not exist in the Ministry of Health. The feeling of the Committee is that it is important to involve Parliament and the Public Service Commission (PSC), so that we have the most qualified persons. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 17 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph - “(a) be the technical advisor to the Government on all matters relating to health within the health sector”. (b) by deleting paragraph (j) and substituting therefor the following paragraph - “(j) provide guidelines for registration, licensing, certification and gazettement of all health facilities”; view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that we have a technical advisor to the Government on all matters concerning health. Sub-clause (j) proposes to provide guidelines for registration, licensing, certification and gazettement of all health facilities. This is to ensure that at any given time, the Government receives the best technical advice on matters relating to health. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 18 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “in consultation with the Director General” immediately after the words “Cabinet Secretary”. As we have said in the earlier clause, the Director-General is the technical expert. That is meant to ensure that he or she is being consulted. view