Sabina Wanjiru Chege

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I want to thank Hon. Kiai for being bold to share the information that he has shared with this House, which is very important. We had a conversation here last week. I said that I wish one of our Members can just come out and tell us that he or she had contracted the COVID-19 disease. Initially, when COVID-19 disease came into this Republic of Kenya, many people thought that it was a joke. Actually, they said that the Government has come up with a way to get money. You heard ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, I want to thank Hon. Kiai for the Motion that he has brought about NHIF. There is a lot of money. It is interesting to see people saying that they should not use it for COViD-19 patients. We have spent more than Ksh1 billion that Hon. Members are alluding to. We have Kshs13 billion for the COVID-19 disease. We have invested from March, 2020, when the disease was reported in Kenya. We have really invested a lot. Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital was launched by His Excellency the President. It has a bed capacity of 300. It can ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: The issue of financing health is key. We have given money for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to the counties. I read something somewhere, but I do not want to go into the details. We lost an Hon. Member of this House. I want to pass my condolences on my behalf, my family and 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
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: the people of Murang’a County to the people of Matungu Constituency. There was a mention that there was no oxygen. We all come from counties. When there was a Summit, all Governors committed that they would help the national Government fight COVID-19. It was said that people should be ready. If I go to my village today and I become sick, my children are there. Will I rush them back to Nairobi? I will not. The County Government of Murang’a should be ready not only for me, but also for the people who are in the villages. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I know that we want to talk about the national Government. However, it is a joint venture, including the county governments and the steps that they have taken. I went through the submissions that were made by the Ministry of Health last week on how many isolation centres are here in Kenya. We have 7,644 isolation beds. We have 319 ICU beds that had been licensed by 30th September 2020. We have additional isolation and ICU beds that have been set up since then. An Hon. Member said that there is no oxygen. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to ask for your indulgence, so that I can spend more time to inform the House because I am the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. When we visited Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital, there were ventilators that were given by the Ministry. Others were bought, but they were not even fixed on the beds. They were lying all over. We went to Kilifi County and found the ICU beds empty. It is ridiculous for any county government not to have an oxygen cylinder in Level 4 or Level 3 hospitals. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: We need to unite and come together. Tomorrow, my Committee will meet NHIF which has done several reforms. When they were launching UHC recently, they said that they have gone digital, so that people will stop stealing from them. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I want to invite any Member who has any idea on how NHIF will cushion our people. We will meet NHIF tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. at Tsavo Ballroom at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The first people to meet will be the frontline health workers who have issues. We have enough PPEs in this Republic of Kenya. When our people go to any public facility, they should not be charged for PPEs. We have provided money through KEMSA and so, why would we have someone going to a public hospital and then he or she is charged for what the ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I know that it has been said that majority of insurances across the world do not cover pandemics. However, we are also made aware that if you have another condition and you are admitted for COVID-19, be it diabetes or you have to go through chemotherapy or dialysis, NHIF is still covering that. NHIF is still covering bed charges. So, it is important that we have a way forward on what package that we need to cover our people. A healthy nation is a wealthy nation, and the health of our people comes first. Let us join hands together as ... view