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    "id": 1103700,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Statement that is quite timely. May it be noted that the NMS has been violating the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Act because for the last 16 months, they have not purchased their medicine or pharmaceutical products from the KEMSA. This House passed a legislation directing every single county government to purchase their pharmaceuticals from KEMSA. There was also a directive given by the President. I do not know whether a directive given by the President supersedes an Act of Parliament. It will be noted that this is a violation of the law because for the last 16 months, KEMSA has indicated that the NMS has never purchased anything from them. The other reason that I know that there is shortage of medicine in the public hospitals in Nairobi City County and all around is because Nairobi City County owes Kshs382 million to KEMSA. This is the time when this House must become bold and ensure that the legislations passed by this House are implemented. There is no reason why there should be a directive from the President yet an Act of Parliament supersedes a presidential directive. That is the reason there is a shortage of nurses; they are not getting paid well. I have always stood by the fact that the NMS is an illegal entity. It has no business working in this Government. The situation in Nairobi is not good. This Government has put up very many hospitals yet the funds used have not gone through the sharable revenue. That is illegal. I can tell you that after 2022, when the ground will be fully leveled, there are some people who will rot in jail because Article 226(5) will go after them. I hope that whoever the leadership will be after 2022 will uphold the rule of law so that we can bring all these nonsenses to an end. There is no point why we should be crying that our people are not getting medicine yet we sit here in Parliament as their leaders. Any governor in his right sense of mind should prioritize hospitals. I am a Member of the Committee on Health and I can tell you that you will be shocked by the find of things that we see and hear. Whenever I push for an item to be brought to the full House, I know what I am talking about."
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