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    "id": 1033243,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033243/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13504,
        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
        "slug": "rashid-kassim-amin-2"
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    "content": "What is the national Government doing to ensure that county governments comply with its functions of delivering health services to its citizens? This is a critical issue that has not been addressed and yet Kenyans continue to die as a result of COVID-19. The country has spelt out a very specific road map on having UHC. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is not sufficient enough. The medical insurance covers are not good enough and yet there are great citizens of this country, a large population, who are not covered in terms of the health care systems. What measures are there in place to cover the most vulnerable societies particularly during these difficult moments? What measures have we put in place as citizens of this country? These are issues that need to be addressed significantly, so that they can confront this monster called COVID-19. This is one thing I expected His Excellency to clearly bring out. It appears that he was more fatigued on the issue of the COVID-19, even the Ministry of Health seemed to be so fatigued. Generally, we want more specific actions to be put in place and a clarity of what synergy we are going to put in place with the county governments. How can we ensure that county governments enforce and provide the necessary environment to fight the COVID-19? On the issue of security, there was a significant improvement in the country particularly the constituencies bordering neighbouring countries. There is a significant reduction of the AlShabab attack particularly in our area and that is a commendable job that has been done by the security agencies and the Ministry for Interior and Coordination and National Government. Further to that, there are certain actions they have so far taken in terms of the development of security agencies and that is one thing that I will commend in terms of security. In terms of infrastructure, electricity and the road network in northern Kenya, there are issues that have not been mentioned by His Excellency in His Address. These are critical because we cover a large mass of land, but we have not been connected to the grid. The road network to northern Kenya has not been fully exploited. It is still gravel and we do not have roads. So, these are efforts which should have been undertaken by the President and we expected him to tackle in His Address, but was neglected. Thank you very much."
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