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    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Hon. Kevin Ferdinand Wanyonyi, the Member for Kwanza is my neighbour. I am not a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. Apparently, you know that most of us who are in the tangatanga movement were de-whipped even from some committees and taken to where none exist. That is beside the point. I know Hon. Mbui next you will be de-whipped from being the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. You already got your gratuity. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am saying that we need to look at the role the NHIF can play in primary health care, especially in sensitisation of Kenyans on preventable lifestyle diseases. Where does the NHIF come in? As much as we look into that, I would ask the Committee that when we do amendments and reforms the NHIF, it should go with reforms on the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). That is the supply chain for hospitals. You get drugs from KEMSA and the NHIF pays. We must make sure that Government institutions are also working. My friend, Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal, will say that during those times it was better to be admitted in Government hospitals than it is today because things were working in Government institutions. Even during my training, things were working better at the Kenyatta National Hospital. I can remember that. So, Government institutions have all the best services. They have the best brains The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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