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    "id": 596894,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/596894/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "I want to start by asserting that I support this Bill. I support the enactment of the Health Bill, 2015. I also want to congratulate the Ministry of Health and the Departmental Committee on Health here for being able to get to this step. It has been a long story. It has been many steps. The country has waited for this law. It does not matter how long we have waited. Now that we are here, it is good that the Committee has completed. It is good that the Ministry of Health has been able to bring this particular piece of legislation before the House so that we can debate and pass it. I hope that even as we improve the Bill and put in amendments, this is one of the laws that we will ensure sees the light of the day. We should ensure that we finish our part. It is a constitutional Bill which will go to Senate. They can finish their part as soon as they can. By the year 2016, we will have a regulatory framework for healthcare in our country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to start with the constitutional framework, Article 43 in particular, and celebrate that the right to healthcare was included in our very progressive Constitution. It states that every Kenyan has a right to healthcare, including emergency treatment. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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