PARLIAMENT IN PERSPECTIVE: WHAT OUR MP SAID… MANDERA SOUTH MP; HON. MOHAMED ADAN HUKA April 24, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES… The Member for Mandera South (Hon. Huka): Hon. Speaker, Sir, despite being dressed conspicuously, I did not catch your eye. I take this opportunity to support the Motion. Before I proceed, I want to thank the people of Mandera South for having given me the opportunity to serve them in the Eleventh Parliament. Coming to the Motion, it is timely and very relevant (Technical hitch). When I looked at the Motion, it was as if Hon. Koinange had read my mind. It is as if he was in my constituency and saw the suffering that the people of Mandera South are going through for lack of medical care. As I speak, Elwak Sub-District Hospital does not have even one clinical officer to attend to the people. In the last one week, nine children have died and two mothers have lost their lives after they were referred to Wajir District Hospital. Expectant mothers, together with the medical personnel who had accompanied them, perished in a road accident as they were being taken to Wajir Sub-District Hospital. As a result of poor services in the hospital and bad roads, we lost three lives on the spot and two other lives later in the hospital. The Motion, therefore, is timely and I support it. When we talk of medical care, as stated in the Presidential Address, parts of this country are developing at varying rates and northern Kenya, especially the constituency that I represent, is one of the most disadvantaged areas. In the entire constituency, the only hospital that is said to be big is the one that I have referred to. In the adjacent health centers, we have only the community health workers. My colleagues, doctors in this House, can confirm the limitations that the community health workers have in terms of health care provision. Therefore, it is high time we put in place measures to help the people of northern Kenya in terms of bringing them at par with other Kenyans. From my area, when we get to Garissa Town, we say that we are coming to Kenya. I wish to request your protection because I am making my maiden Address. This is simply because in that area social amenities are of fourth class, not even third class. The Motion is in line with the Presidential Address and very timely. The cost sharing arrangement that is in place does not facilitate the people, as it was intended; it has become a hindrance to people’s accessing of the minimal medical facilities that are available. It is high time the Government put an affirmative action in place, so that the people of northern Kenya, especially those of Mandera County and Mandera South Constituency, benefit from Government services like medical care. I, therefore, support the Motion with the emphasis that the people of Mandera South need emergency health services in hospitals and dispensaries. KNOW WHAT YOUR MP SAYS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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