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    "id": 1021602,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know health is devolved courtesy of the 2010 Constitution and there have been changes. We must acknowledge that health as we knew it is not exactly the same bearing in mind the current challenges that it is facing in the counties. I am very worried with the ongoing talks by unions that they will be calling their members to strike because the Senate has failed to give counties money. I am not happy with what is happening there today because they seem to be going around in circles on what we had proposed for them to do in order to unlock the funds to the counties. I am not sure when a body will ever get to its destination when it moves round in circles. But be that as it may, that is their responsibility. That is the only thing they have to do once every five years. If they fail to do, the warning shots have been fired out there by the Council of Governors (CoG) and others. They have failed to protect devolution and may well find themselves facing a situation that they faced similarly in 1964 where their relevance was called to question and they ended up being dissolved. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill seeks to help better regulate the issue of referrals. I am particularly happy in terms of the provision to ensure that adequate measures are taken to investigate and establish the quality of the facilities where people are being referred to. As Hon. Swarup Mishra said, there have been allegations about some cartels that could be facilitating these transfers for motives other than quality care. I am also happy that now, these responsibilities for regulations, which were within the board of practitioners before, are coming to the Cabinet Secretary, who is not an interested party. Perhaps, we will be able to see some sanity in the way that issue is regulated. More importantly, for Kenyans seeking treatment outside the country, there will be an obligation for the referring person to have contact with the Kenyan Government representation in that country, so that we do not end up in a situation where, even Members of Parliament may come here to say some people should be rescued from a country where they are stuck and nobody even 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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