Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

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• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. My observations are three. First, before we talk about fertilizer, we must know what the fertilizer is going to do. So, the first thing to do is soil analysis. In most of our counties, we have no soil analysis. We do not know what our soil lacks. So, there is no need to just acquire fertilizer for the sake of it. The first important issue is soil analysis in the country to know what the soil lacks. The second issue is this: If this country needs to be food view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank my good friend, Hon. Gitari, for bringing this important Motion before the House. This Motion is very timely. I hope this House will pass it so that we can move forward. Cancer and renal diseases are increasing everyday in this country. Those diseases are becoming a major killer. This is due to our changing lifestyle. Therefore, as a country, we must seize this problem and find solutions. About 80 per cent of cancer and renal diseases in this country are diagnosed too late for anything to be ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I said, cancer and renal diseases are lifestyle-related diseases. Therefore, we need to come up with a fully-fledged programme to educate our people on how to live decently in terms of lifestyle, the types of food we eat and how we carry ourselves around, so that we are not exposed to those very dangerous diseases. As the Mover has clearly stated, we have extremely limited facilities for treatment of cancer and renal diseases in this country. In fact, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is the only well known public health institution that deals with those diseases. The ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Other medical facilities that have such facilities are privately-owned hospitals such as MP Shah Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital. As we all know, those hospitals are very expensive. For example, chemotherapy is extremely expensive. Therefore, very few people can afford it. I guess that even some of us seated in this House may afford the procedure for only a short while. Thereafter, we may be forced to call for harambees . Therefore, it is important that this proposal is given top priority. Drugs for those diseases are also extremely expensive. Dialysis machines are not available in most of the ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, apart from making those facilities available at the county- level, it is extremely important to note that we have very few people who are trained on how to deal with cancer and renal diseases. I am informed that in this country, we have only four oncologists. Those are extremely few. Therefore, the Cabinet Secretary for Health must put in place mechanisms to ensure that training of oncologists and radiographers is fast-tracked because, as much as we may have those facilities in all the counties, we do not have the qualified personnel to deal with those very dangerous ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Lastly, it is important that we put in place a public awareness programme for Kenyans to know the concerns that those diseases are causing to this country. Kenyans must be well informed on how to deal with cancer and renal diseases at the earliest stages so that they can prevent them rather than wait to be cured. So, the issue of public awareness is very important because, according to available medical records, if victims become aware of their status well in advance, the diseases can be treated. Most importantly, Kenyans’ lifestyle must change. Believing that eating in the best restaurants ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to second the Motion. view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank my good friend, hon. Gitari, for bringing this important Motion before the House. This Motion is very timely. I hope this House will pass it so that we can move forward. Cancer and renal diseases are increasing everyday in this country. Those diseases are becoming a major killer. This is due to our changing lifestyle. Therefore, as a country, we must seize of this problem and find solutions. About 80 per cent of cancer and renal diseases in this country are diagnosed too late for anything to ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I said, cancer and renal diseases are lifestyle-related diseases. Therefore, we need to come up with a fully-fledged programme to educate our people on how to live decently in terms of lifestyle, the types of food we eat and how we carry ourselves around, so that we are not exposed to those very dangerous diseases. As the Mover has clearly stated, we have extremely limited facilities for treatment of cancer and renal diseases in this country. In fact, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is the only well known public health institution that deals with those diseases. The ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Other medical facilities that have such facilities are privately-owned hospitals such as MP Shah Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital. As we all know, those hospitals are very expensive. For example, chemotherapy is extremely expensive. Therefore, very few people can afford it. I guess that even some of us seated in this House may afford the procedure for only a short while. Thereafter, we may be forced to call for harambees . Therefore, it is important that this proposal is given top priority. Drugs for those diseases are also extremely expensive. Dialysis machines are not available in most of the ... view