Kazungu Kambi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is aflatoxin which actually--- We have written to the Ministry of Agriculture telling them that we should reduce aflatoxin in the genetically modified maize that has been imported into this country. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have the Health Care Insurance Bill which is before the Cabinet. Once it is approved, it will come to this House. Once the House approves it, then we will arrest this problem. As a Ministry, we believe that we should arrest a problem even before it becomes an emergency. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since there was confusion between the Government and the hon. Member, could he kindly repeat the question? view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the regulation of the importation of GMO is done by another Ministry. However, as a Government, it is our advice that we should not be taking GMO maize as it has a lot of aflatoxins. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Mbagathi District Hospital is not in a deplorable state. However, it has buildings that require frequent maintenance due to their age and design. The windows in the wards are of the louvers design and the glasses occasionally fall off and break in the course of being handled by patients. The hospital replaces them on continuous basis. All windows are also fitted with curtains. (b) The Ministry is implementing a programme of renovation and upgrading of the hospital. Recent works that have been completed and some with support from development partners ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said maintenance is on continuous basis and as we are talking, there is ongoing work at the hospital. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at that hospital, you will see that by upgrading it to a full district hospital, we are decongesting the Kenyatta National Hospital which is a referral hospital. However, the hospital was not designed to be a district hospital. But due to the population in Nairobi and because we want to decongest Kenyatta National Hospital, we made it to be a hospital and we are renovating it to conform to our criteria and norms. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the acreage of the hospital, that is a different question and I do not have the details as per now. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as a Ministry, do have a budget for maintenance. Normally, the maintenance is done to all district hospitals, sub- district hospitals and even in referral hospitals. However, if you look at our budget, we have a problem because whatever this Parliament approves is not enough to renovate all health facilities in the country. We are trying our level best to renovate most of our health facilities. view