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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Homa Bay has been mentioned. I just wanted to make a comment or two. Let me thank Hon. Kaluma for raising this very critical matter at this point. I think the matter of COVID-19 Pandemic has been well canvased by both Hon. Kaluma and Hon. Mbadi. I want to go to the next part of that Statement that is asking about the status of the Homa Bay Teaching and Referral Hospital. I remember in 2013, Hon. Kaluma and I were with the First Lady in Homa Bay. That is when the request for elevation of the Homa Bay Teaching and Referral Hospital to Level 5 was made by you. Up to date, Homa Bay Teaching and Referral Hospital is still a Level 4 facility. I also want to use this opportunity to ask about a Bill that I have sponsored on the national hospital referral facilities. What the Bill does is to put accreditation standards so that you do not have to beg anybody to accredit your hospital to a certain level. If you meet a certain criteria, then the hospital automatically moves from Level 4 to Level 5 or from Level 3 to Level 4. I would also like the Departmental Committee on Health to say what happened to the Bill that I sponsored on the national hospital referral facilities. This is because the Budget and Appropriations Committee finished with it and sent it to the Departmental Committee on Health. That is almost a year ago and since then we have not heard about it. That relates to the fact that hospitals such as Homa Bay Teaching and Referral Hospital have stagnated at Level 4 level. The entire region has to go to Kisii which is the only Level 5 facility that we have. This is impeding also in terms of funding for the facility. I thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the chance."
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