Kenneth Leonard Jacobs

National Assembly

kjacobs@parliament.gov.za

About Kenneth Leonard Jacobs

2019 committee attendance as mp

80% attendance rate

Attended 8 meetings out of 10

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Recent meetings attended

Health — Health Sector 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA, DPME & FCC input — 10 Oct 2019
Health — NHI Bill public hearings programme; Auditor General expanded mandate — 19 Sep 2019
Health — CCOD, OHSC, SAHPRA on their Mandates & Annual Performance Plans 2019/20 — 4 Sep 2019
Health — Engagement with the Elders on Universal Health Coverage, with Minister — 3 Sep 2019
Health — NHI Bill: briefing with Minister, Deputy Minister & legal opinion; Council for Medical Schemes Mandate & Annual Performance Plan — 29 Aug 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

5th Candidate at African National Congress Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

CCOD, OHSC & SAHPRA on their Mandates & Annual Performance Plans 2019/20 4 Sep 2019

Mr K Jacobs (ANC) said his question emanated from a YouTube video he saw about a Russian gold mine and the processes they follow there. When the miners arrive in the morning, they get a full medical screening before entering the mine. They also have tests to ensure that they ...
Engagement with the Elders on Universal Health Coverage 3 Sep 2019

Mr K Jacobs (ANC) thanked the Elders for the explanation. In SA, everyone agreed that it needed a publicly decided health system with an emphasis on primary health care, which was in the Bill that was before the Committees. Services would also be delivered at the hospital level. He noted ...
NHI Bill [B11-2019]: Minister’s briefing; Council for Medical Schemes mandate & Annual Performance Plan 29 Aug 2019

Dr K Jacobs (ANC) thanked the team for the presentation. He said that everyone needed to understand that the Members were lawmakers and they were sitting there to advance a Bill that had been set before them. That was their task. The country was in an unequal state and people ...
Legacy Report; Overview of Health Sector: Department briefing 28 Aug 2019

Mr K Jacobs (ANC) said there are 23 recommendations and they are all important recommendations. He suggested that there should be another meeting where Committee is educated on these as these will be important for Members especially when it comes to oversight responsibilities.
Department of Health 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan 4 Jul 2019

Mr K Jacobs (ANC) appreciated the Minister’s proposal that many questions would be discussed in future. Referring to the five provincial programmes which had demonstrated no improvement in 2018/19, he asked what the DoH’s plan of action was to deal with the situation. What mechanisms did it ...

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