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    "id": 1238791,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to comment on the closure of Nduru Level 5 Hospital. One thing we need to appreciate is that the Constitution is very clear in terms of the functions of a county government and the national Government. It is a function of the county government to provide health services to the people. By closing a hospital, the people are denied health services. Article 43 of the Constitution is very clear in terms of provision of economic and social rights, especially provision of high standard of health services. When a county government closes a hospital in an area, the people in that area cannot access services that are ideally supposed to be accessed by them because the facilities and resources have been provided. If security is required, in this case we know that security has been provided in the area, the hospital cannot close. I, therefore, feel that the county government has been negligent and decided to move medical facilities and force practitioners not to go to the hospital. We urge that this hospital be reopened and the Departmental Committee on Health investigates this matter and ensures that the people of Nduru get the services they require."
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