Robert Pukose

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. (Dr) Oundo for being magnanimous enough to accept that we have been able to intervene and his patient will now be going home after the spinal surgery that was done at Kenyatta University, after we...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Yes. Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House:

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Yes.

Hon (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I am aware. I can seek the services of a lawyer in just the same way that when a lawyer becomes sick, he has to come to hospital for treatment.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Unfortunately, you know, I would not want to go there. But, for record purposes, everything has… You are not listening. It is not only one reason. One is cosmetic; no woman would want a big scar in her abdomen. Two, they would not want...

Hon (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I withdraw that statement. On the plans by the Ministry to educate the public, issues about endometriosis started arising when we lost a female media personality, who comes from my county, Kitale. The disease was highlighted because many ladies have been suffering from it,...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) I think we are speaking the same thing with the Hon. Deputy Speaker. There is a cosmetic role for surgery when you do... Just listen to me. I am a surgeon... No! No! You cannot teach me surgery. There are cosmetic reasons for any...

Hon (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Unfortunately, Hon. Speaker, we have diverted from laparoscopic gynaecology. That is the basis. We were discussing laparoscopic gynaecology, not the issue of whether you have endometriosis or not. That is the point. You are a lawyer and I am a doctor. I cannot dispute...

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Mayaka has indicated that the number of gynaecologists since we attained independence is 700 in the whole Republic, both in public and private. I am a surgeon, and there are even fewer surgeons. We have 700 gynaecologists, both in...