Stephen Mutinda Mule

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I wish my colleagues and the nation a very unique year preceding the year of the next general elections. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Bill be now read the Second Time. First, I want to give the analogy and the mind behind this Biomedical Engineers Bill, 2015, which I authored together with my colleagues, to look at a very unique profession in the country. To bring the House to speed, last year, the Government got into partnership and agreement on what they called the Managed Medical ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Committee on Health has prepared, which should be coming to the Floor of the House very soon, and make sure that most of the issues which have been brought to the Health Committee, where I also serve, are captured in this Bill. As a Committee, we have looked at all the aspects which have been raised by the Ministry and the Kenya engineering professionals and we are going to input them on the Bill. The Bill clearly spells out the functions of the board on Clause 6(a) all the way to (v). The Board will try and streamline professionalism in ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: We are not just talking of a normal engineer. I want to be very clear on this. We are talking of a doctor transformed to be an engineer. He will not be at the level of a doctor as Dr. Pukose, for instance. But on the basis of qualification in medicine, that is the person we are looking at. In any profession, you will find some people committing offences. We have provided a very clear mechanism in Clause 19 on how to deal with offences and the appeal process. I do not want to be in a profession which is ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are vesting that power to the board so that when they come into the country, they do not come through the backdoor. They need to apply, fulfil all the criteria and tell the country that what they have come to do is beneficial to Kenyans. We are also putting very clear provisions on Cap 24 of the same Bill, which is on application. They are very clear. An application for a practising certificate shall be made to the registrar in triplicate, signed by the applicant specifying the name and the place of practice, the registration ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Countries like South Africa and United Kingdom (UK) have put it very clearly as to who is supposed to deal with medical equipment and the person to be held accountable in case they mess up with the medical equipment. Those persons will have to act within the law. Today, a biomedical engineer or a company dealing with biomedical equipment will just come to this country and set up a company without observing any rules and yet, we are clearly complying with WHO standards when it comes to medical equipment. As a country, we are saying that it is high time ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: There is the issue of financial provisions, which are very clear and mandatory when it comes to the boards they need to report to. There is the issue of investments account and audit. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Fundamentally, we are saying that the board which will be created within this Act must give annual reports to the National Treasury and to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation to make sure that it enables the country to know exactly what they are doing. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I know that time is of essence in this House. I want to say that this is one of the Bills which will make sure that those doctors, nurses and physiotherapists work hand in hand with biomedical engineers in their institutions to provide quality healthcare and service to the people. That will give us a clear indication of what we intend to do. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I urge my colleagues in this House to support this Bill because we have children for whom we pay school fees through bursaries. We have Kenyans who want to acquire more knowledge. They will get into this profession. Therefore, it should be well regulated. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have two able colleagues whom I would want to have an opportunity to contribute. Hon. (Dr.) Pukose will second this debate. Also, I would like Hon. Nyikal to give a clear input as to where we are as far as this Bill is concerned. view