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    "id": 1143935,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Lilian Gogo",
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        "legal_name": "Lilian Achieng Gogo",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. As has been well articulated by the Leader of the Majority Party, this Bill seeks to amend several health-related statutes to improve efficiency and service delivery and the realisation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). As has already been indicated, the main goal of UHC is to provide healthcare for all. His Excellency the President unveiled a bit of the programme the other day. The simple reason that makes me support this Bill is that in the recent past, one of the students at the public school where my child goes to fell critically ill and I was impressed to gather from the chief principal of the school that the only thing she needed to do was to write an introductory letter for the child to access healthcare in a public institution. This particular girl was taken to the Kenyatta University Hospital. She was suffering from cancer. She was able to get high quality healthcare from highly qualifies medical professionals. She needed platelets. Personally, I had to go and donate platelets. What amazed me was the equipment that separated the parts of blood. If this was to be done in a private hospital, one session would cost Ksh39,000, which cannot be easily obtained by an ordinary Kenyan. Given the UHC programme, there is a machine at the blood bank that does this for Kenyans for free. So, anything that touches on UHC is something that I would rise to support with all my strength because it touches on ordinary Kenyans. Article 43 of the Constitution says that the State should provide the highest standard of health to its citizens. All citizens are supposed to be provided with emergency healthcare. On that basis, any Bill that paves way for implementation of UHC needs to be supported. That is precisely what I stand to do. This Bill addresses the governance aspects of institutions that have a role to play in discharging the government’s responsibility in health-related matters. As we realise, health services are devolved, but there are aspects that are still left with the national government. One of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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