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    "id": 1001294,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1001294/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Chair. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) for the support they have given to the Health Committee. It is important to note what Hon. Pukose has said about the money going to the counties. The money that is going to the counties - and we had a meeting with the governors last Friday and even this Wednesday we are going to have another meeting with them - there was an indication that when this money is sent to the county accounts, sometimes, the governors do not even know that this money has come for the purpose of health. So, a lot of times you find that this money does not even go to the health facilities. Our proposal, even to the BAC, was that the money we allocate to the Level 5 hospitals is given to only 11 facilities in the entire nation. It is our proposal that that money should be distributed across the entire country so that all health facilities benefit. So as we move forward and engage further with the BAC, we should make sure that the money for health that goes to counties goes specifically for the purpose of health. A lot of what we reimburse through the Linda Mama Initiative and everything else does not get to the facilities, which is a very sad affair. We are trying hard to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. If we mplement the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), then it is going to be easier for all of us in the entire nation. Thank you Chair."
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