Kazungu Kambi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 675.

• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I remember very well that as a Ministry, we did a proposal and we had requested a minimum of Kshs21 billion but we were only given Kshs250 million. This equipment is very expensive and you will realize that if we requested Kshs21 billion and we were only given Kshs250 million, then we can only buy a few. We must distribute this few equipment across the country. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with the meager resources we always receive from the Ministry of Finance, we are purchasing this equipment and we will distribute them equally across the country. So I am sure that his facility is going to be considered because we shall do it. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is cheaper to build a theatre than to equip one because theatre equipment is very expensive. I want to ask the Members to prioritize our request once we bring our proposals to the House since we cannot just buy the equipment out of nowhere. We need funds as a Ministry. If you look at the Budget we have been receiving, it is not enough. We have been asking this House to increase our funding, but it has fallen on deaf ears. I would ask the Members that when it comes to the Ministry of ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have excerpts from the Ministry’s Investment Plan in the area of medical equipment, which I can table before the House totaling to Kshs21,224,000,000. You realize that you cannot do much if you do not have the diagnostic equipment. With regard to our proposals, I urge this House to see how it can help the Ministry to come out of these problems. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Chepterwai Sub-district Hospital has no ambulance or a stand-by generator. This is a consequence of the budgetary constraints that the Ministry has been facing. (b) Chepterwai Sub-district Hospital is on the profile of hospitals without ambulances and generators awaiting consideration when funds become available. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did a proposal and it was rejected by the Ministry of Finance, for Kshs21 billion. We asked for Kshs350 million, but we were only given Kshs30 million. This can only buy ten ambulances. Considering the suffering and the pain the people of Mosop are going through, I will revisit this issue with my officers to see if among the ten ambulances, we can give one to them. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, we have the public/private partnership financing arrangement within the Government system although the relevant Bill has not been passed by Parliament. However, an ambulance cannot be leased from other sources. This is because an ambulance is more or less like a hospital. If we lease an ambulance, that means that we will also lease doctors to manage it. It is not the policy of the Ministry to lease ambulances. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have considered all those proposals and we found that it is more expensive to lease than to buy an ambulance. So, it is possible to do so in other developing countries, but in Kenya it is not possible because we have only been getting peanuts. So, it is not possible and it is not a policy so far in the Ministry. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have clearly said that I am going to revisit this issue and if the people of Mosop have not already been allocated an ambulance; the Member should rest assured that they are going to get one. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I never thought that the matter was complicated. I will ask for more time. view