Richard Makenga Katemi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, Hon. Ochieng. It has come at the right time. In my constituency, the situation is pathetic. We have a sub-district hospital, namely Kilungu Sub-district Hospital, which is in a pathetic situation. Kilungu Sub-district Hospital serves the people of Kaiti and Kilome constituencies, which have a population of about--- Kaiti has 120,000 people and Kilome has 87,000 people. It is manned by two doctors and four nurses. Two doctors manning such a facility is a big joke because the inflow of patients per day ranges between ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, hon. Ochieng. It has come at the right time. In my constituency, the situation is pathetic. We have a sub-district hospital, namely Kilungu Sub-district Hospital, which is in a pathetic situation. Kilungu Sub-district Hospital serves the people of Kaiti and Kilome constituencies, which have a population of about--- Kaiti has 120,000 people and Kilome has 87,000 people. It is manned by two doctors and four nurses. Two doctors manning such a facility is a big joke because the inflow of patients per day ranges between ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I wish to first of all congratulate you for having been elected the Deputy Speaker. I am very passionate about this Motion. I have seen people die of cancer and renal diseases. In my constituency I have cases of people suffering from cancer. They die because we do not have the facilities in our constituency to even diagnose those kinds of diseases. Kidney related diseases are also on the rise. The cost of treating those diseases is very high. The patients end up spending a lot of their savings ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion by hon. Joseph Gitari. The NHIF defaulters continue to be surcharged a penalty of 500 per cent of the outstanding amount. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion that the NHIF defaulters should not continue to be surcharged a penalty of 500 per cent of the outstanding amount. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the penalty of 500 per cent is rather punitive. It is not only punitive, but also unaffordable by some employers. You may find that the employer is only supposed to pay Kshs20,000 and just by a mere default or by a delay in paying the payment in time, he is penalized five times. That works out to be Kshs100,000. So, the employer will not be able to pay the penalties because they are very punitive. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand very well that the money is deducted from the employees and it is remitted by the employers. My point is that an employer may delay in remitting the deductions by a day and by the time he goes to pay, he is penalized for not paying on the due date. Therefore, the penalty is not only imposed on defaulting but also on the time when the remittance is made. Sometimes it may be because the date is falling on a weekend or there might be a reason, but you end up paying Kshs100,000 ... view