Jubilee Social Media Cabinet

Good Afternoon Friends. It has been long since we interacted. However, as a team we have achieved a lot in our respective endeavors.

Following recent political shifts within Jubilee Coalition and government performance, we have come to realization that Jubilee government which we support needs to be told the truth. We had very high expectations on Jubilee government and as Kenyans we are very angry. For instance, if numerous revelations made by Jacob Juma and by extension CORD and among other Kenyans about misappropriation of tax payers money including Euro Bond happens to be true, then our government is failing. Run away corruption coupled with land grabbing in Kenya is very disappointing.

It is in this regard that, we join hands with like minded people including CORD to condemn ills happening within Jubilee government. Raila seems to be honest while our government runs its affairs on PR to cover up the mess.

We therefore abandon JSMC and welcome you to join us at as we move forward.

Good Afternoon!!! We wish you a long Madaraka Day Weekend!!!

The United Republican Party (URP Official Page) and the The National Alliance Party have proposals to merge the two parties to form a new political party by the name JUBILEE ALLIANCE PARTY - J*P. Whats your opinion?

Good Afternoon Kenyans!!! Jubilee Social Media Cabinet is stronger than ever!!!

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We must protect our sovereignty, let's do this

Thanks God: Nine Kenyans returning from Liberia tests negative for Ebola

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Maritime and shipping

1. The Port of Mombasa registered a 1.8 per cent growth in cargo output - from 21.9 million tonnes in 2012 to 22.3 million in 2013 December. This was due to initiatives by the Government.

2. All Government agents at the port operationally report to the CEO of Kenya Ports Authority. This was intended to break up bureaucracy caused by decision makers answerable to different organisations with different mandates. They include KRA’s Commissioner of Customs and Kenya Bureau of Standards, among others.

3. The Commissioner of Customs to be stationed in Mombasa so that all issues regarding cargo clearance can be addressed immediately to avoid delay

4. All police roadblocks along the Northern Corridor from the Port to Malaba removed and police to intensify highway patrols for security.

5,At weighbridges, cargo is now only weighed at the entry and exit points to avoid delays and corruption

6.Increase of axle load limit to 52 tonnes in line with an East African Community agreement.

7.Trucks from Mombasa reach Malaba or Busia in 4.8 days down from 15 days in the past

8.Cargo dwell time at the port in has gone down to 6 days from 7.1 in 2012 and ship turnaround time has reduced from 4.5 days in 2012 to 3.7 days
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9. Commissioning of Berth 19 was done in April last year

10. The port was dredged - 13.5 metres deep - and can now dock and handle three vessels of up to 250 metres each at once

11. KPA has opened two liaison offices in the EAC to take the port closer to users. In July last year, Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary opened the first KPA office in Bujumbura, Burundi, and Kampala Uganda.

12. KPA is implementing the Integrated Security System, which is at 99 per cent completion, to protect the port. The system is computerised and fitted with intrusion detection perimeter fence, more than 500 CCTV cameras monitoring the port and its environs and biometric gates.

13. Already, preliminary works for the construction of the first three berths of the Lamu Port, including a perimeter wall, four-storey administration building, installation of power and water supply, is complete. (Lappset)

Ferry services
14. Reduction on the average waiting time and increase of ferry frequency
• Increased ferry reliability turnaround to seven minutes at peak time
• Smooth operation in segregation of vehicular and human traffic, especially at peak times
• Revenue collection has increased from Sh344 million in 2012 to Sh389 million Dec 2013

15. All ferries are now equipped with safety equipment such as floaters, life jackets, buoys, rafts and rings.

16. The ministry, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and key maritime players developed a new curriculum for certificate and diploma courses in maritime transport and logistics. This will ensure that many Kenyans enroll in the country rather than abroad.

Rail
17. Construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway has started. Laying started last week.

18. The Kenya Railways started operations of the Nairobi Commuter Rail in November last year by opening the Syokimau Railway Station. In December, the Makadara and Imara Daima railway stations were opened. This will improve mobility in urban areas.

19. Contractor and consultancy firms for the construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport-Nairobi city centre commuter line have been identified and construction begins this month.

Aviation
20. Air traffic demand in Kenya has increased. The expansion of JKIA, Kisumu and Isiolo airports, and rehabilitation of aerodromes will have a huge effect to the local, regional and county economies.

21.A 2.5 million passenger temporary terminal is also under construction and will be complete before the end of this year

22.KAA broke ground for the New Green Field Terminal in December last year. When complete, it will handle 20 million passengers a year

23.Terminal 4 works have been speeded up and it will be open fby end of year

24.Construction of phase two of the Kisumu International Airport includes the apron that is 98 per cent complete, the taxiway (98 per cent) and car park (86.7 per cent)

25.The government has negotiated five new Bilateral Air Services Agreements with South Sudan, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Iceland and Jamaica. It has also reviewed 16 with Austria, Czech Republic, Botswana AND Singapore, among others. The objective is to facilitate expansion of the route network of local designated airlines and to increase frequencies to various markets.

26.Kenya’s achievement of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices based on last May’s audit was 78.4 per cent compared to 66 per cent in 2008. Kenya is among the top four in aviation safety in Africa.

Road safety programme

27. Formation of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) through the NTSA Act 2012 brought the functions of road transport under one roof, including those formerly under the National Road Safety Council, Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit, Road Transport Department, Transport Licensing Board, Driver Training and Testing Unit.

28. The authority has rolled out road safety awareness and enforced campaigns using mobile courts together with the ministry, NTSA, Judiciary, traffic police and prisons.

29. Public Service Vehicles Regulations have been gazetted. The objective is make owners take charge of their business and regulate safety, traffic laws compliance and customer service.

30. The ministry has re-introduced alcohol breathalysers (alcoblow) to curb drink driving.

31. The Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit has been overhauled and new inspectors gazetted in October last year to improve services.

32. Regulations concerning tamper proof digital speed limits effective on April 15. This is because the major cause of accidents is speeding. The new regulations require that PSVs and vehicles with tare weight of 3,048 kg and above install speed limiters. They require installation of speed limiters with an inbuilt tamper proof recording mechanism that retains data for a minimum 30 days. This will enable law enforcers to obtain data on those breaking the speed limit

34.A new curriculum for drivers’ training, testing and licensing has been developed. The ministry is awaiting approval of the curriculum by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development.

35. As a result of these measures, road accidents and deaths have reduced by 21.8 per cent compared to the same period last year.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Free maternal health services.
1. From June 2013 the Government declared free maternity services in all public facilities. The programme has been successfully implemented in all public health facilities that provide maternity services. These services cover ante-natal care, deliveries and post-natal care. The Government allocated Sh3.8 billion to meet the cost of health facilities in 2013/2014. So far, 2,388 – 301 hospitals, 2,087 health centres and dispensaries - institutions are covered under the programme. Sh1.66 billion was given to the facilities at end of December last year – Sh1.37 billion to hospitals and Sh289.8 million to health centres and dispensaries.
1(b). Implementation of free maternity services has seen an increase in the number of deliveries in public health facilities. The number of deliveries has increased to 66 per cent from 44 per cent. The number of complications reduced last year compared to 2012. In addition, free maternity services have led to a decline in maternal deaths – 919 maternal deaths were reported in 2012, but 854 last year.
Free primary health care
3. In this financial year, the government provided Sh700 million to primary health facilities to compensate them for the loss of user fees. Between July and December last year, 2,481 dispensaries and 832 health centres were covered under this programme and received Sh389.5 million as user fee compensation.
3(b). As a result of this initiative, use of health services in primary care facilities increased, with visits rising to 18 million from 12 million between June and December last year compared to the same period in 2012. This translates to a 50 per cent increase.
Immunisation programme
4. Last year, 14 polio cases were identified in Garissa County. The outbreak was as a result of migration of refugees from Somalia into Kenya. The Government conducted five rounds of immunisation in 22 high-risk border counties. In addition, two nationwide campaigns were conducted targeting eight million children below five years old. In the first round, 8.3 million children were immunised against polio, raising coverage to 104 per cent. In the second round, 8.29 million children were immunised, increasing the coverage to 103 per cent. The total cost of the immunisation was Sh900 million.
Universal health coverage through NHIF
5. The Ministry of Health is establishing a unified framework for management of healthcare services for the poor, marginalised and vulnerable through the Healthcare Subsidies for Social Health Protection. The number of NHIF branches and service points increased from 88 in June last year to 97 in January, while the number of providers in NHIF network increased from 1,285 to 1,403 in the same period.
5 (b). NHIF membership has risen from 3.8 million in June last year to 4.12 million - 2.85 million from the formal sector and 1.27 million from the informal sector. This means the members have risen to 14 million and dependants to 16.25 million.
Construction of health facilities in slums
6. Initiatives have been taken to improve health facilities in the slums, especially in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. Sh200 million has been allocated for this. Implementation will be carried out by the National Housing Corporation using cheaper building technology to reduce cost.
Digitisation of health facilities
7. A web-based health information management system in use in the public health sector provides a platform onto which manual reports are transcribed at the sub-county, resulting in a variety of reports. This initiative will move health information from paper to digital in all public health facilities…. The digitization of manual records ongoing 8. Equipping 2 major County Hospitals with key machines through Leasing - dialysis, ETC

Human resource management
8. In July last year, the government committed Sh3.1 billion for recruitment of 30 community nurses in every constituency, Sh522 million for 10 community health workers a constituency and Sh1.2 billion for provision of housing units to health care workers.
Equipping hospitals
Kenyatta National Hospital
9)cThe procurement and installation of the endoscopy machine at a cost of Sh20 million
10) Procurement of the linear accelerator cancer machine at Sh30 million
11) Operation of the MDR-TB isolation facility at a cost of Sh50 million
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
12) Installation of an oxygen plant at Sh70 million
13) Procurement and installation of cancer treatment machine at Sh170 million
Projects at KNH
14) Construction of a burn and paediatric centre at Sh400 million
15) Construction of critical care centre at Sh15.5 million
16) Establishment of a fully equipped radiology centre at Sh102 million
17) Construction of an orthopaedic centre at Sh130 million

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Do's and Dont's to protect yourself from the Ebola Virus!

Ebola updates
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Kenya’s ministry of health goes electronic to raise Ebola awareness.
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NAIROBI, KENYA: The Ministry of Health has now resorted to use of electronic channels to bolster preparedness and raise awareness on Ebola.

The Director of Medical Services Nicholas Muraguri, through an SMS, referred the 9,000 doctors registered in Kenya to WHO guidelines on management of Ebola posted one of its website https://db.tt/UiHp87BW.

“As part of our Ebola preparedness plan, we would like to share the WHO Ebola clinical management guidelines. Follow this link to download https://db.tt/UiHp87BW,” wrote Dr Muraguri.

On another site, www.ddsr.or.ke, hosted by the Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, the ministry has posted 12 different publications targeting the public and health workers on the management and precautions to take to keep the disease at bay.

“While also maintaining traditional channels of communication, going electronic is much faster and cost-effective and we hope millions of Kenyan with access to the Internet will access this information and share it with those not connected,” Dr Muraguri said.

Among other things, WHO’s 103-page document gives step-by-step instructions on how medical workers should handle suspected, confirmed and even bodies of Ebola victims.

Local health workers have persistently complained of lack of information on how to manage the disease which has killed about 4,500 people, most of them in West Africa.

But even as the Ministry of Health launched a media campaign to educate the public on how to stay safe from the disease, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday posted new and stricter guidelines for protecting medical workers.

A document posted on CDC’s website, http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/t1020-ebola-reponse-update.html, makes it mandatory for health workers taking care of Ebola patients to be supervised while putting on or taking off the protective gear. The updated guidelines also recommends that all medical workers be trained on how to wear or take off the protective gear.

Local health workers have also been warned to take utmost care when using the protective gear.