Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 361 to 370 of 1945.

• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Report of the APNAC Delegation to the 2ndAnnual Conference of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries (ICS) held jointly with APNAC-Kenya as a partner in Mauritius from 15th to 18th August 2018. Report of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) held alongside the 7th Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) held in Vienna, Austria from 6th to 10th November, 2017. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me time to address this matter. First, I support this long overdue revision and update of the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill. The Committee has done a commendable job by looking at nearly eight or nine Acts. They have revised, renewed and looked at them in light of recent developments in the health field. This will help in harmonising, synchronising and aligning them not only with the Constitution, but also with devolution. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The health sector has faced many problems. Unfortunately, health professionals, the Medical and Dentists Board and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board have been static and very conservative. They have not allowed or given space for the developments taking place in the health field. As much as I support this Bill, I feel we have not gone far enough, but I think it is a good start. The paramedics, lab technicians, X-ray technicians and pharmacy technicians are all targeted. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: When I remember Russia as a very young child, I can recall there was Russia Hospital in Kisumu. We thought a medical doctor then was a specialist in everything. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that was during your youth and mine when a doctor was a dentist, optician and everything. However, nowadays we have specialists. In the old Russia Hospital they would go to see a specialist first, so a doctor was never a general practitioner, but had to specialise in certain fields. Regarding this aspect, I have noted lacunas or gaps which have not been properly addressed especially when they… view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I want to bring your attention to the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, which has been locking out people because of being conservative. At times, there are people who call themselves specialists, yet they have not undergone training, but the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board goes ahead to register them. I have a case in mind, which I will not mention because I have taken it to the Departmental Committee on Health. There is a certain eye doctor who has not undertaken the specialist training required and has taken advantage of the gaps to register his practice. That practitioner has ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: This is a country where the poor cannot afford to be sick. The poor are taken for a ride and there are gaps that have been left by the so-called authorities that are meant to be looking after the rights of the poor. The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, the Pharmacy and Poisons Licensing Board and others have been making money and have been allowing quacks and private doctors coming from abroad to practise. In the same way, they have disallowed those medical doctors from abroad who want to come and give free medical support to this country. They ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: registered. I hope with the amendments to the health laws, this cartel type of approach is going to be curtailed. I have looked at the health laws and they are yet to address certain elements of devolution that should help us to improve our medical health management at the county level. I am afraid that this is not yet there, but it should come. Then there are other issues which are not totally covered in the health laws and those are about public health. There is need for public health to be addressed as well. With those very many remarks, ... view
• 30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.43, I rise to make a Statement on behalf of the Members of the African Parliamentarian Network against Corruption (APNAC) Kenya, on the Report of the Joint Committee on illegal sugar, regarding the recent allegations and counter- allegations by Members on corruption following the consideration of the Sugar Report. view
• 30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The APNAC Kenya is a recognized parliamentary caucus born out of the realization that parliamentarians, by virtue of the unique position they occupy in society, are centrally placed to mobilize action for change in the fight against corruption. We are concerned that corruption is increasingly becoming an endemic vice in the country and APNAC Kenya is actively championing the struggle against it. view