Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2051 to 2060 of 2209.

• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Khunyangu Sub-District Hospital does not have a theatre and mortuary. The current report available shows that the facility serves a catchment of 40,000 people and not August 15, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3171 500,000 as indicated by the hon. Member. (b) Due to inadequate budgetary provision to my Ministry, I am unable to construct the same this financial year. I would request the hon. Member to use the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money to do this project, and I will give the necessary technical advice. view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, by simple arithmetic, the population of Butula Constituency is 120,000 people, while that of Nambale is 130,000. That totals to 250,000. It is far much less than the figure of 500,000 that the hon. Member indicated. As I have said, I do not have the money now to immediately start this project in that hospital. However, I have received this request, and I will consider it when resources are available from whichever other source in the Ministry. view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even a population of one person deserves a theatre in his own home district, but I am tied. When I have no money, what can I do? We just have to wait until when I have the money. view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Abuja Declaration requirement is such that the Ministry of Health should be funded to the tune of 15 per cent of the GDP of any country. In our country, we have only had an allocation of up to 9 per cent of the GDP. I will, however, consider these constructions when I get resources from any other source. I have taken the request of the hon. Member very seriously, and I will consider it. Currently, I do not have enough money, but when that is available from any other source, I will undertake to do ... view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a sub-district hospital should be able to cater for all referral cases from the dispensaries and health centres. It is true, a theatre is one of the essential facilities, as requested by the hon. Member. view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that lack of a mortuary at Runyenjes Sub-District Hospital is inconveniencing residents of Runyenjes and Kyeni divisions. (b) My Ministry has plans to equip Runyenjes Sub-District Hospital Mortuary in the current financial year at a cost of Kshs4 million. view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will always send hospital equipment through employees of my Ministry. I believe all employees of the Government, who are interested in politics, have so far resigned. view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member's wish will be observed. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) A total of 3,077 nurses have been recruited by the Ministry since 2006. (b) I will table the list as per district of employment. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: (c) I am aware that my Ministry has already operationalised 300 dispensaries built through the CDF. At the moment, a total of 300 dispensaries have been submitted to the Attorney-General for approval before gazettement. (d) I am aware that many operational dispensaries do not have laboratory technicians at the moment. The Ministry is trying to offer these services up to the health centre level. Therefore, you have it at the health centre, sub-district, district, provincial and national hospital level. This is due to limited resources. For the time being, we cannot give these services at the dispensary level. view