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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. The Chair of our Committee has indicated the decision of the Committee. Mine is to emphasise some of those decisions. In general principle, this is a Bill that would be very important for the country, but in reality, the issues it raises are covered in Section 79 of the Health Act and regulations made under that Act. There is need to refer patients because of absence of services and sometimes because of cost. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the greatest issue we have with this Act is that once you bring in procedures, it is quite common that they will start to delay the referral of patients; such that when practitioners decide to refer, you will find that patients are still held up. To that extent, we will have incidences where patients lose their lives while people are referring to these procedures. Once we have Section 79 of the Health Act and the link with the county governments, it is important that we make this as easy as possible without over-legislating by putting in place structures and processes that will delay the referral process."
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