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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chuka/Igambang’ombe, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Ntwiga",
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    "content": "Being a health professional, I was very happy when the President talked about UHC. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we can discuss airports and loans but the greatest burden to the people of this country is in those sectors. I happened to be in the last Parliament and we travelled to Cuba to benchmark against their system. I want to tell this House that when I landed in Cuba I wondered what we are doing as a country. They did not have big hospitals or equipment but it was how they have organised healthcare. I felt so good when the President talked about primary healthcare, preventive and promotive health care. In this country, we treat our people when they are too sick. We normally talk theoretically about visiting a doctor for check up, but how many Kenyans can afford a check-up? While on my visit to Cuba with other Members we found a well organised health system. For example, in every village, we have a doctor, a clinical officer and a nurse who go house to house in a location checking on the people to ensure that they do not get extremely sick before they go to hospital. I really wish that will be the meaning of primary healthcare in this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I come from Tharaka Nithi where we have a bridge called Nithi. The President in his last Speech promised that he would work on this bridge. It has been a killer bridge in this country. It is not only the people of Tharaka Nithi who die along this bridge. It is really an issue that the people of Tharaka Nithi would wish the President worked on."
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