Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2121 to 2130 of 2209.

• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Longisa District Hospital has a functional kitchen. That is why the facility is able to admit patients and provide them with meals. However, the kitchen that is being used is not well-equipped, and part of its construction work is not completed. (b) I am aware. (c) Plans are under way to equip the laundry and kitchen in the next Financial Year - 2007/2008 - as a priority for the district. At the moment, the hospital has been allocated Kshs100 million from the Stalled Projects Fund to undertake ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to my fellow Member of Parliament, I cannot authentically confirm whether this photograph is of that hospital. I leave that to the Chair to rule on. In addition, let me say that a kitchen is functional if it is able to produce food. That is what functionality means. I have said that I am also concerned about the equipment and the non-completion of the construction of the facility. That is why I have taken the step of giving Kshs100 million for the completion of the construction of the kitchen and the laundry. ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all the district hospitals in this country were allocated Kshs4 million to Kshs5 million in the last Financial Year to rehabilitate basic facilities. I believe that your hospital was included in that programme. If it was not, let me know and I will see what I will do. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as of now, the kitchen is functional and the patients are fed. But I have said that I have allocated funds to that hospital. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have also taken the concern of the hon. Member about the completion of that kitchen to make it even better. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware. (b) Currently, my Ministry has allocated funds towards the completion of the wards and a theatre, at a cost of Kshs13.7 million. In addition, the Constituencies Development Fund, which the hon. Member controls, has allocated Kshs4.2 million for the construction of an X-ray Department. I thank him for that. Further, my Ministry is committed to supplying the necessary equipment in the next Financial Year, 2007/2008. In addition to that facility, plans are under way to construct another 36-bed ward, a 24 body mortuary and a laundry block ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I share the concerns expressed by the hon. Member about that facility. The population that, that facility serves is being used as a peg-point for deciding the level of a facility. Indeed, we want to remove the labelling of hospitals into district, sub district, provincial and so on. Instead, we will talk about level one, two, three and four, using the population. There are some locations that have a population that warrants a district hospital. It is unfortunate that, in the last ten years, that facility has been forgotten. But in the last four years that ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two hon. Members come from the most densely-populated area in this country, with a density of over 2,000 people per square kilometre. An addition of another 36-bed ward is really appreciable. But I am happy that they already have a 200-bed hospital. I will endeavour to try and facilitate those wards to be functional. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that a theatre building that the Ministry endeavoured to build is 90 per cent complete. The remaining construction works will be completed in the next two months. I am also aware that the X-ray block, which is under construction, is now 30 per cent complete. The construction work is continuing. I would like to apologise for the information that I received showing that the hon. Member had allocated Kshs4.5 from the CDF. But he has confirmed that he has allocated Kshs2 million. I would request him to increase the Kshs2.5 million so that ... view
• 21 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, the President's Speech was embellishing, splendid and to the point. He did elucidate the gains that this country has achieved in the last four years since he took over leadership. He did also show the weak areas that need to be addressed. It was a statesman's Speech. His main attention was on a few places that I am going to highlight. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he did talk about education and the gains that have been made with the free primary education. It is true that every process has its own shortfalls. It ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As a medical doctor and an hon. Member of this House,--- view