Stephen Mutinda Mule

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on the outset, I want to tell you something. The Ministry of Health used to receive money from the Global Fund for a very long time, but yesterday I was shocked because they no longer have confidence in this Government. Instead, they have 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
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: decided to give Kshs.43 billion to Kenya Red Cross, AMREF and Care International. These are NGOs and the Government has no control. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Today in the morning we had a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Health. In the 21st Century, it is a shame that a country like Kenya can borrow Tuberculosis (TB) drugs from Malawi for the simple reason that the Ministry was left without any mechanism to provide for these services. It was even more shocking when we visited various hospitals. I want to give two examples. In Kakamega Provincial Hospital, we allocated Kshs.350 million. The financial year is coming to an end and they have received no single cent from the county government. We went to ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: What we are saying is that this House goes above board and makes sure that we correct this thing. In one of our recommendations, we are saying that let the county governments and the national Government form a task force immediately to make sure that devolution of health services is done in the correct manner and that we do not have any more calamities and lose any more patients in our hospitals because of lack of funds. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: As hon. Limo has said it very clearly, we are getting communication that power has been disconnected in some institutions. We have heard that there is no water and drugs. During the financial year that is coming to an end, the county governments gave Kshs.69 billion to the Ministry of Health. Kenyans were expecting this Kshs.69 billion to be apportioned properly by the county governments to improve the health sector within their counties, but that has not happened. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I want to say on the outset and be on the HANSARD that it is very wrong and it will remain wrong for governors to have arm-twisted the national Government and failed to follow the Constitution while devolving health services. The health services were supposed to be devolved within three years, in phases, but it was done in six months. When you do something in a haphazard manner, what are we supposed to do? I know there are Members who, probably, have not read this Report and are thinking the Committee on Health wants to reverse the devolution of health. ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: We must do this according to the law and put the correct mechanism to make sure that devolution of health is done the right way and we protect the professionals in the health sector. You will be shocked for the last one year we have lost so many donated items on health sector. This is because of a bill we passed here, which we do not know the implication. That is the VAT Bill. If America sends donations, once they get to Mombasa, the Cabinet Secretary has to look for money to clear those goods in Mombasa Port. We know ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: It is important as a House to rise above board. I know the governors who are watching us are saying we want to kill devolution. I want to tell them they are the ones who are killing devolution. We gave them money to deal with health issues in their counties and instead of doing that, they went to a bazaar to buy cars. They also organized for international trips and all manner of other things which are not helping, forgetting the Kshs.69 billion, out of Kshs.210 came from this Ministry. Hon. Speaker, we beg this country to be above board ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: You have not read it! view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a bit disappointed with my friend because he has not even read the Report. I will say with authority that he has not read the Report because he thinks it was done today. We have sat for more than eight months trying to get a solution to this problem. He cannot stand here and try to pretend that he is holier than though and tell us how to go on. view