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    "id": 1081837,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ganze, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Teddy Mwambire",
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        "legal_name": "Teddy Ngumbao Mwambire",
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    "content": "down the proposal to have blood banks in each county, but there are a number of set-ups which have trickled down to the counties. For instance, the Judiciary has been struggling yet we have been allocating them money to establish High Courts in every county. We also have the Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) which have also been trying to establish campuses wherever we have Level Four hospitals. We should consider having the blood bank wherever we have a Level Four hospital. This will assist us do away with the ambulance chasing services because, for instance, if someone needs blood in Lamu County at the Coast Region, then it means a vehicle needs to be sent from Lamu to Mombasa Coast General and back. The distance is very long and even security is a big challenge. Now that we have county commissioners in each county, it means the National Government functions are to be effected through counties. It is high time we also consider having blood banks in each county so that at least we can have an opportunity to donate blood and also have blood whenever it is required at those levels. If left the way it is, it means people will be getting a lot of issues and will not benefit. For instance, the issue Hon. Owen Baya raised a case where an Assistant County Commissioner was in need of blood in Kilifi County Hospital. The blood was to be obtained from Mombasa. From Kilifi to Mombasa and back is 120 kilometres. In that scenario, he lost life because of waiting. Consider if somebody in Taita Taveta, Kwale, Tana River or Lamu requires blood and has to go to Mombasa. Those are the scenarios, as Members, we need to consider when we will be coming up with proposal to amend this Bill to have blood banks in each county or wherever we have Level 4 Hospitals so that we can have this service as close as possible to the consumers."
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