Robert Pukose

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Similarly, we wish to clarify that x-ray services are only rendered in hospitals and not in health centres. This is because the services require certain competencies and linkages which can only be present in a hospital set-up. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Having made these clarifications, we wish to draw the attention of the hon. Member to Chapter Four of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Section 43 which is on economic and socials rights. It states as follows:- view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: “(1) Every person has the right— ( a ) to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare; (2) A person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment.” view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: From this extract from the Bill of Rights, it is clear that the State has a constitutional responsibility to provide health services to all Kenyans. Partnering with faith-based organizations is one of the ways through which the State provides the above rights to the citizenry. Currently, the Ministry is in the final stage of preparation of a health policy, which is aligned to the Constitution. The policy will clarify linkages and partnerships with faith-based organizations. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: In the meantime, we wish to inform the Member for Nyeri Town Constituency that faith-based organizations complement health services provided by the Government by offering quality services on a not-for-profit platform. Based on this understanding, the Ministry has all along viewed faith-based organizations as partners in delivery of health services. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The Ministry has supported them in many ways, including seconding staff to them. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to say that the Ministry has all along viewed faith-based organizations as partners in delivery of health services and supported them in many ways including seconding staff to them and supplying ambulances, medicines and other medical supplies to them. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this question had been asked by hon. Esther Murugi last year and we had an answer by 6th December. When the House adjourned, she took it upon herself to, again, based on the concerns of her constituents, raise the matter. We have now given her the answer and we are sorry for the delay. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I requested a Statement about a month ago on GSU and Anti-Stock Theft Unit doing farming in my constituency at a place called Chepchoina instead of providing security. The Leader of the Majority Party talked of hon. Sane’s request being a small question; I do not know whether mine is also a small question that cannot be answered in two weeks’ time. He had, in fact, promised to answer in a week’s time and now it is a month. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker; I thank the hon. Members for raising these questions. I will begin with the last one by hon. Rasso on cannibalisation of the facilities. I think that has not occurred because what we are talking of is equipment that was already defective; from the list that we have read, Nyeri Provincial General Hospital has three x-ray machines that are working. It even has a mammography machine, CT scan machine and ultra-sound machines. So, this x-ray machine was defective and it was repaired by Mathari Mission Hospital when they requested it; the radiology board assessed it ... view