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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matuga, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kassim Tandaza",
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    "content": "Amongst the 12 pillars of competitiveness in any nation, health is number four. Therefore, we cannot downplay its importance in our country, Kenya. How is health handled in this country? As the previous speakers have said, there has been marginalisation of health facilities. To drive my point home is Kwale County, which does not have a referral hospital, level 4 hospital, and level 5 hospital. When it comes to actualising the Constitution on the right of every Kenyan to the highest attainable standard of health, you have somebody from Kwale County, which does not have a referral hospital or level 5 hospital. We end up with expensive referrals. Thank you, Hon. Didmus Barasa, for bringing to the attention of this House the need for a clear health policy. We need an Act of Parliament which has guidelines and policies which can be taken more seriously, unlike what the Principal Secretary was referring to. I am sad because the Principal Secretary objects to a Bill that will make his work easier. It will streamline the operations of his State Department. He should have been the first one to say this is something that should have come as early as yesterday."
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