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    "id": 1129332,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Secondly, there is a point brought up by Sen. Wambua which is the representation of religious institutions. When you talk about religious organisations and churches, I would rather explain even further to say most of our religious organisations run hospitals. The Catholic Church has St. Mary's Hospitals, for example, and many other hospitals. In almost every county, they may have two or three dispensaries. You have the African Inland Church (AIC), for example, they run Kapsawar Mission Hospital, Kijabe Mission Hospital which is one of the best in orthopaedic surgery. You have the Methodist Church and Muslim faith who run hospitals. You have the Hindus who run hospitals. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the question I ask myself and this question is not in vacuum, I know when these hospitals are importing medical equipment, because they are offering almost free medical services to the citizens of this country, they have always sought for tax waivers, but they are denied because they do not have representation where decision making is done. I feel strongly that these institutions of health facilities run by the churches, it would have been wiser to have them represented. This is because when they treat our people, they want to benefit also from the resources that come from the NHIF. I am saying this because I have been a board member of the Kapsawar Mission Hospital. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know the challenges of mission hospitals. For example, Tenwek Hospital run by Sen. Cheruiyot’s church which is the Africa Gospel Church (AGC) is one of the best hospitals in the country and not just in South Rift. They have many challenges. I remember them petitioning the President about the equipment they were importing to this country and the tax waivers they wanted. This is something that we need to think about to see representation."
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