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    "id": 1237882,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1237882/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Makilap",
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    "content": "level, so that they get better conditions of service. Our doctors are very demoralised in county governments to an extent that they are unable to optimally operate in Government hospitals. Additionally, there is the problem of external referral. Today, there is a great deal of technology, such as telemedicine. You can consult with a physician at a hospital in India or the United States of America (USA) while receiving services at the KNH. Why do investors from India, China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) not engage in foreign direct investment in Kenya? This is so that we can visit nearby institutions. Previously, Cuban doctors were introduced to this country. Why can the Government, through the Ministry of Health, not reserve land for investors? I travelled to the United States where I met Kenyan physicians requesting for land to build private referral hospitals in our counties. We can also encourage India, Germany and Japan to invest directly in hospitals in our country so that, instead of us referring patients to them, they come to us and provide the services that we would have flown across the globe to obtain. Currently, it is necessary to organize that particular sector. I wish to enrich my brother's amendment to the bill. Why do we not exempt from taxation those who suffer from chronic and lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and cancer? This is so that they can use their limited resources to obtain medical attention for themselves. We can do this as a nation, so that there is some order and the poor receive the finest medical care in Kenya. Many people are suffering in rural areas because many county governments invested in dispensaries and health centres without providing medicine and personnel. It is high time that the Ministry of Health ordered county governments and governors to stop further building of dispensaries and hospitals without equipping the ones that are already built, and ensuring that there are sufficient personnel. We should ensure that there are experienced and qualified people on the ground so that we reduce the number of cases being referred to our referral hospitals like the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), KNH and other referral hospitals at the headquarters of county governments. This is the only House that can put the healthcare sector in order so that we stop the cartels and minimise corruption."
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