Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all districts and constituencies in this country are Government friendly. I do not know a constituency which is not Government friendly. I have a list showing the distribution per district. I have not come with a list showing constituency distribution at this time. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed he is right. I am just sorry that I did not come with the list as per constituencies. I will table it. I accept the hon. Member's sentiments. It is true; he is right. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: I will, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No Kenyan has so far died of jigger infestation otherwise known us Tunga Penetrants. (b) Jiggers are found nearly in every district or province in this country, but currently, the prevalence is more in Murang'a District of Central Province. (c) Basic homestead and workplace environmental and personal hygiene are paramount to the prevention of the fleas. Currently, my Ministry has strengthened the environmental sanitation and hygienic promotion activities in the affected areas. These activities include spraying of the houses, disinfection, community hygiene education, case surveillance, amongst others. view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Tunga Penetrant is an ecto-parasite that is well-known in this country. The prevalence of this disease has been followed up over a long time. We know that because of secondary infections to the affected areas, especially by streptococcus infections, you can have other complications such as renal failure and other rheumatic heart diseases. Those are August 8, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3051 secondary complications. But direct death due to Tunga Penetrant infection has not been reported in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy if there are people or organizations who would want us to fight this ... view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that HIV/AIDS could spread due to use of contaminated equipment in trying to remove the jiggers. Education for the change of knowledge, attitude and practice of the people is important. We have been educating people on how to avoid HIV/AIDS infections, including misuse of equipment in removing such things like jiggers, misuse of equipment in circumcision and so on. I would not endeavour to give prophylactic treatment for every patient who has jiggers. It is not viable both economically and medically. I have taken the hon. Member's sentiments and I will enhance the education ... view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member listened to my reply, that Tunga Penetrant, apart from being an ecto-parasite, is also a primary issue in other diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, leprotic syndrome and others. Through this Parliament, Kshs34 million was allocated yesterday to fight diseases. Jigger infestation is part of those diseases. view
• 7 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. My Ministry has no immediate plans to equip and post personnel to the dispensaries funded by the CDF in Kajiado Central, because they are not yet completed. They are still under construction. I will consider equipping them immediately my Ministry, through the Medical Officer of Health (MOH), confirms that our standards have been met. view
• 7 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have requested the MOH in Kajiado to give me the most recent report on the progress of the construction. I will do exactly that if the report shows that the dispensaries are completed. view
• 7 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the efforts being made by Members of this House to establish dispensaries in the rural areas. I will endeavour to equip and post personnel to each of the completed facility in the country. We have employed nurses and posted them to some of those dispensaries. We are also in the process of employing more nurses and other medical personnel. At the same time, the facilities constructed must satisfy our level of completion before we post personnel to man them. I have already gazetted 300 medical facilities put up using the 2984 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August ... view