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    "id": 1130661,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1130661/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has gone to construct another 20 hospitals. Recently, I raised a question on the fact that we can have the brick and mortar, but what about the doctors, the fees, and the critical care specialists? As I speak, in Nairobi City County, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital has only 13 critical care nurses, and that is just on paper. It has two anesthesiologists and 11 anesthetists. Mbagathi County Hospital has 10 critical care nurses, one anesthesiologist and eight anesthetists. Pumwani Maternity Hospital has 13 critical care nurses, two anesthesiologists and eight anesthetists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must put emphasis on the staffing. A hospital is not just a building, it is more than the building. It is the healthcare providers who are well remunerated. This is a matter that we will follow to the end here in Nairobi. I am glad with the progress that my good friend, Dr. Oluga, has made as the Chief Officer (CO) in Nairobi, but there is more that we must do for our people. I got a message today that someone was asked to go buy a cannula for their child. You go to the hospital and are told to get medicine form elsewhere, yet that is their job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, of the four critical things in healthcare, health financing is the most critical. That is why we have always wanted to introduce Nairobi Care, just like in"
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