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    "id": 1081713,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081713/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "First of all, let me allay the fears that people have. We have a blood transfusion service already in operation. This is not new. It was started in 2001. There were some discussions with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1994, and they prescribed what should happen in terms of the standards. This House passed the Health Act, 2017, which provided for the establishment of the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service as a State entity. I believe that it did not take off. This Bill attempts to operationalise the intentions of the House within the provisions of the Health Act, 2017, by creating the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service as a stand-alone entity, complete with its board, management operations and with the powers to oversee and regulate blood transfusion within the country. It also creates the structure all the way from the low service delivery point to the regional level. A county will have two service delivery points. One is countywide, which is high level, preferably at the hospital level. Some will serve the health centres mainly for sorting out the issue of donations and then the blood is taken to where it is preserved. You do not expect people to be transfused at a dispensary. It is a highly technical procedure that requires equipment."
}