Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Reports on Petitions on the Table of the Senate today, Tuesday, 4th April, 2017.:- (1) Report on petition concerning the utilization of funds set aside under the Busia County Ward Development fund for the Financial Year 2014/2015. (2) Report on petition concerning the alleged embezzlement of funds, financial impropriety and skewed employment in Turkana County; (3) Report on petition concerning various matters affecting the county executive and assembly of Vihiga; and (4) Report on petition on enacting of legislation to confine national and county governments to exclusive use of interest ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the table of the Senate today, Thursday, 4th April 2017. (a) The National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the First Quarter of FY 2016/2017 (b) The County Budget Implementation Review Report for the First Quarter of Financial Year 2016/2017. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a response to a Statement sought by Sen. Wetangula. On the subject of conditional allocation of county governments for leasing of medical equipment, he had six questions. (1) To indicate if there was a conditional allocation of Kshs4.5 billion to each county every financial year for leasing medical equipment. The Managed Equipment Services Project (MES) was envisioned as a national Government flagship project. The project entails leasing of specialised medical equipment for 98 hospitals countrywide. That is, two hospitals in each of the 47 counties and four national hospitals for cost-effectiveness. The ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate the in-depth thinking of the two Members of the Senate; the Senate Minority Leader and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, and their concerns about this project. Sen. Wetangula inquired whether all the instruments that I have tabled are actually specialized equipments. The answer is, “yes.” I may not want to go to every particular item, including cannula, branula and supportive tubings. That is a bit technical, but if he so wishes, I can take my time with him, when he is available. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula also asked whether other equipments, such as ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that I am quite in order, but if it so pleases the House, and especially the Chair, I can discuss every item. I promise you that it will take the whole of this afternoon and maybe tomorrow’s Sitting for me to finish explaining the list that has been sought by Sen. Wetangula. If it pleases you, I will start. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless I have a different meaning of what specialization means, these are all specialized equipment. The Hon. Member of this House is an eminent lawyer and we may be speaking a different language. However, according to my knowledge, as a Senator and a long serving doctor, who has practiced for very many years and is well trained from the University of Nairobi, these are specialized equipment. I will pick on one or two examples. If you look at the theatre equipment such as aesthetic machine with a ventilator, one will need a specific type and size ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not speaking “briss and brass” as stated by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Whatever the meaning of those two words, I have no idea of what he was trying to communicate to the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are certain issues that have been raised by the questioners that I think are important. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale raised an issue of tabling the contracts and he was supported by the Senate Minority Leader. I will do that one at a later time as requested. This is what I will say. It is also my and every ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me from Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Whereas I know that a certain opinion is made over this subject by my colleagues, I accept because the concerns are of great interest to the House that I include in my next statement all the supplementary questions that have been so far asked and in details. At that time, I will seek enough time to go through so that everybody understands this subject, including Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who might have stayed out of the hospital for too long to forget certain issues. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in Senate: Two weeks. view