Kazungu Kambi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 541 to 550 of 675.

• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware of that letter which cancelled this. However, it is not about the cancellation of the post graduate training. What happened is that after they went for the interviews, we realized that the Treasury only allocated us enough funds to pay for the debts we have with universities. Therefore, we realized we cannot give them the money. However, we have written to the Treasury so many times. I would like this House to help my Ministry because the way our Ministry has been treated is like an orphan. We ask for money to do ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we had such a discussion but we are not in control of universities. The university told us that they will not take even a single student if we do not pay money in advance. In these circumstances, the only thing we can do is to write to the Treasury. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the table we have and our budget, sooner rather than later, leave alone the training of doctors, I will not have funds even to pay salaries for our doctors. I am asking the relevant committees ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not a matter of inefficiency in the Government. When there is no money, there is no money. I cannot come here and lie to the public that we have money and that we are going to do this and that, yet it is not going to happen. We do not have money. We have written to the Treasury and everything is done by the Ministry of Finance. It is upon the Ministry of Finance to avail the funds. We have had discussions with them. However, they only give us promises. We cannot give promises ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have raised that issue several times. I promise to bring copies of letters we have written to the Treasury but no funds have been forthcoming. They only told us that in the next financial year they are going to consider this. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes and I have figures. We asked for a budget which was cut down. I beg to table the figures here. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of high fees for post-graduate is not within our Ministry. It lies with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. We have appealed to them because surely if you look at the increment from Kshs120, 000 to Kshs214, 000, it cannot be afforded by an ordinary doctor. This increment is more than 100 per cent. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not need a week or two days to answer Dr. Khalwale. As much as--- view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there is an acute shortage of cancer specialists in the country. To address the problem, the Ministry is pursuing a number of interventions, key among them being the following: (i) a national task force to study and recommend improvements in cancer management was commissioned early this year; (ii) preparation of a National Cancer Policy and a strategic plan is presently at the finalization stage and a draft Cancer Bill is due to be tabled in Parliament after Cabinet approval; (iii) legislation to curb the incidence of cancer ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (v) vaccination campaigns for certain cancers are ongoing; in this regard, Hepatitis B vaccine is part of routine immunization in children while vaccine for Human PapillomaVirus is available on the non-cancerous root of the epithelium; view