Kazungu Kambi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (vi) on the treatment front, Kenyatta National Hospital is in the process of acquiring a Cobalt Unit for cancer treatment at a cost of US$1,350,000; the unit is expected to be commissioned in February, 2011; view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (vii) The Ministry has sought support from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) to improve cancer treatment in the country; in this regard, the Ministry sent a delegation to the IAEA conference in Vienna, Austria, in September, 2010; the delegation addressed the conference and requested the IAEA to support the Government in its integrated programme of building capacity, infrastructure, and equipping all our earmarked centres that will provide cancer services. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The Ministry has already commenced the process of decentralizing cancer treatment. In this regard the following activities have been carried out: view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (i) two satellite oncology cancer or tumor clinics have been established at Coast and Nyanza provincial general hospitals, and both are functional; other centres will be established in due course. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) eight medical doctors from provincial hospitals have been seconded to KNH for training as radiation oncologists; view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) plans are underway to train other technical staff in the field, namely medical- physical therapy technologists; this will raise the number of specialized oncology personnel who will be seconded to other peripheral cancer care centres. (c) There are four cancer specialists within the Ministry of Medical Services all of whom are stationed at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). These are: Dr. Opiyo, Dr. Njuguna, Dr. Catherine Nyongesa and Dr. Abwao. It is this team at the KNH that provides outreach support to the satellite clinics in Mombasa and Kisumu. Regarding the availability of cancer drugs in the provinces, the Ministry ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this year, we have not started this programme, but we have a budget which will be coming to the House in the next financial year. But we are addressing the issue as a Government. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, we are not going to reverse that decision because we are talking about budgetary deficit within our Ministry. So, when funds are available, we are going to reverse that policy. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Due to budgetary constraints, no funds have been set aside for construction of Kanyangi Sub-District Hospital in the 2010/11 financial year. (b) Work will commence when the Treasury avails development funds to the Ministry for new projects. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before that, the hospital had been allocated Kshs8 million. Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Treasury withdrew those funds. Right now, we are in negotiations with the Treasury to see if they can allocate the same amount so that this development project can take off. This is not only the case in Mr. Nyamai’s constituency; it also affects various sub-district and district hospitals. view