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    "id": 1110269,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "I support this Bill because of the Abuja Declaration that Kenya is party to. In the year 2001, Kenya was among the Africa States that signed the Abuja Declaration. The Abuja Declaration is very clear that there is need to finance health. Apart from financing health, the Abuja Declaration is very clear that it supports the improvement of healthcare in state parties that signed it. According to it, 15 per cent of the national revenue is supposed to go towards health. Kenya is bound by international laws. They should not flout the laws because we are party to them. Article 43 of the Constitution is very clear that health is a socio-economic right. Everyone has the right to the highest attainable standards of health. The highest attainable standards of health cannot be effective if the human resource is inadequately prepared. It is the honour of this Government to ensure that the human resource is motivated. How can the human resource be motivated in our country? Our county and national hospitals have inadequate personnel. Some of them are not even trained. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of non-communicable diseases like cancer and the likes. We have very few oncologists in the country and many Kenyans are dying of cancer. We have no choice; the Government must ensure that it abides by the Abuja Declaration of 2001. We talk of health as a devolved function, but everything has to cascade from the national Government. The national Government must allocate enough resources to the counties for the training of medical personnel. This is something that I saw, and it was a pity. I am speaking on behalf of those Kenyans. The weekend that has just passed, I was in the county launching my tournament. I remember candidly that I went to Lumakanda County Hospital and it was in a piteous state. The infrastructure and medical equipment there is wanting. The devolving of cancer screening that is supposed to be there is actually inadequate. They are not even there. Even simple cotton wool is not there. They can buy these items from shops, but they do not have them. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, it is the onus of this Senate to ensure that county governments are doing the right thing. There is increment of representation in the county"
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