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    "id": 1235888,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": "The other problem that I have noted is the credibility of some of those hospitals where patients are referred to. Worst is when they refer patients to private hospitals which lack facilities and yet, we know there are well-equipped public hospitals in this country. That needs to be looked into. On overseas treatment, we have heard of patients being evacuated from this country to overseas for medical treatment. There are no guidelines of taking citizens from this country to other countries. There is no connectivity between Kenya and the embassies or consulates in those countries. Actually, there is no flow of information. People are making private arrangements and when something happens like what happened during the COVID-19 period, where very many Kenyans suffered particularly in India… We have to have a guideline. When the Principal Secretary or the Cabinet Secretary tells us to wait, surely, we cannot wait until problems arise. We need coordination. Kenyan embassies need to be informed of what is happening. When a Kenyan leaves this country, they need to be given a protocol experience. What we have noticed is that the Ministry of Health does not care. They do not take anything into consideration. People make their own private arrangements. Kenyans are pushed into aeroplanes – and some of them have died in there – to go to foreign countries where the weather is not good. They end up dying. This leaves the families with the responsibility of bringing the bodies back."
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