Robert Pukose

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: In the new dispensation and moving forward, the county governments suffer a major stake in the function of procurement and distribution of medicine for county health facilities. However, for harmonious execution of the function between the counties and KEMSA, the Ministry has co-ordinated preparation and operationalization of a workable mechanism. As this is happening, the Ministry has stepped in and mobilized some resources to cater for distribution of medicines by KEMSA to all public health facilities countrywide, which began last month, August, 2013, and this is expected to be completed by mid of October, 2013. The distribution will cushion the ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, the proposed introduction of a universal social health insurance scheme offers hope for provision of comprehensive and quality healthcare services, including access to medicines, as it is expected to meet all treatment costs for Kenyans. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will begin with the matter of distribution. We said that the exercise began in August and is ongoing until the middle of October. The aim is to distribute drugs all over the country. As hon. Members are aware, Kshs64 billion of the Kshs97 billion of the Budget allocation to the health sector was devolved to the counties. This included money for purchase of non-pharmaceuticals and medicines. Therefore, that function has already been devolved. What the Ministry did was to look for funds to be able to take care of the counties between now and when the counties ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On the matter of devolving KEMSA, I would like to state that KEMSA is an authority which was created by this House through an Act of Parliament. So, hon. Members are at liberty to bring an amendment to the Act to provide for devolution of KEMSA. So, that is the responsibility of the House. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi of Kwanza Constituency, Trans Nzoia County. You are not the only one expressing such sentiments. 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
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Other hon. Members have also expressed similar sentiments. They told me that, while spending the weekend at home, they visited dispensaries where they found that medicines were not available. Yesterday, we wrote to the Director of KEMSA. We want him to appear before our Committee in two weeks’ time with the list of all the items delivered to the various medical facilities together with the delivery note numbers for drugs delivered to each dispensary all over the country, and the dates on which they were delivered. We will also ask him to indicate, if possible, when they will give the ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to thank hon. Aluoch for raising the matter and congratulate him for the recent ruling of the High Court, which ensured that he is safely here. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On the issue that he has raised, we know that in all the constituencies, there are what we call “centres of excellence” as far as healthcare is concerned. Those centres were put up. For some of them, equipment and medicines were supplied. However, medicines have expiry dates. So, they will be utilised within a certain period of time. We can follow up the matter with the CEO of KEMSA in two weeks’ time to find out if there are facilities that have not yet gotten supplies. We can notify the hon. Member so that he can attend the proceedings, so ... view