{"id":1081359,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081359/?format=json","text_counter":600,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"On the other hand, there has been a budget increase of Kshs9.10 billion. According to the National Treasury, the Second Supplementary Estimates has been necessitated by the need to provide for the COVID-19 related expenditure. As Members will note, there is a provision of about Kshs7.6 billion that will go towards buying the COVID-19 vaccines. We have been having AstraZeneca which was an arrangement through the World Health Organization (WHO), but due to many challenges, there has been a problem. The Ministry of Health has now decided to buy direct from the manufacturers and has already entered into a contract with Johnson and Johnson (J&J)."}