Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: If Members can recall, we received detailed expenditure reports on how funds received from the national Government, development partners as well as own source revenue that had been allocated towards the response of COVID-19 we used. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: The gap that the Committee identified from the Special Budget Review Implementation Report submitted by the Controller of Budget (CoB) is something that the Committee looked into. It formed part of the conversations we had with the response teams in the counties that we visited. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: We made some key observations in that regard. Some positives from our interactions with the county governments are that we saw local innovations in response to the pandemic. We saw the use of telemedicine in minimising contact between healthcare workers and COVID-19 patients. We saw that in the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital and it was quite impressive while ensuring they are monitored and attended to. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: We also saw the impact of the change of the Ministry of Health guidelines regarding home-based care, which has greatly freed up the space in the facilities in the hospitals. The frontline workers explained to us how the home-based care is being done and how the outreach programmes were done. That enabled them to free up the hospitals and isolations centres significantly. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: On Thursday of that week, we visited Kilifi County where we inspected the facilities and held a meeting with the county health team. We received some detailed reports and got some of the questions answered to do with the healthcare workers and issues in the CoB’s Report that we had raised. Unfortunately, in Kilifi, we were not able to meet with the county response team because the Governor was not available for us at that time. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: On Friday of that week, we visited Kwale County. We held a meeting with the County COVID-19 Response Team that is co-chaired by Governor Salim Mvurya and the County Commissioner. Thereafter, we visited Msambweni County Referral Hospital as well as Lunga Lunga One Stop Border Post, between Kenya and Tanzania. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: We made some observations from the two visits. We were impressed by the partnership between the national and the county government at the border to make sure that the operations of the border were not affected. We have to acknowledge the County Government of Kwale for supporting the national Government facility. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Irrespective of the fact that there were still challenges because samples had to be taken all the way to Kilifi for testing, the County Government ensured they give as much support as possible, including transport, providing protective equipment to the workers at the border and ensuring that the functions at the border were ongoing. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: We also took note of the reduced trade volumes between the two countries. That was a critical issue. When we were told of the reduced trade from a possible 27,000 crossings or thereabout per month down to less than 1,000 crossings per month at the height of the pandemic, it shows the impact on trade that COVID-19 has brought. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Through these visits, the Committee observed and received firsthand accounts of the impact on the citizens, health workers and county governments. It has also helped us to gain insights. We would not have gone far without county visits. view