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    "id": 1110283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1110283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to also add my voice to this important Bill touching on the health of our people and our health workers. Health services are devolved functions under Part 11 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. County governments are charged to manage health services from Levels 1 to 5. These levels are where majority of our people in this country go to access health services. In most cases, they lack drugs and staff are demotivated. We are frustrating our health workers. People of this country cannot access the right health services. I thank my colleague Sen. (Dr.) Ali for coming up with this amendment which will strengthen the functions of the Medical Council of Kenya (MCK). Health is a very critical sector in this country. We have several policies speaking to issues health. We have talked so much about Universal Health Care (UHC) and infrastructure. However, we do not talk much about the human resource which is key in this sector. This amendment will assist in harmonizing what is happening in health sector. I agree with my colleague, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., that the point of disparity occurs at"
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