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    "id": 1286112,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1286112/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is a good Bill but it needs to be worked on. Every time people call us to complain that they have no drugs and that there are not many personnel in the facilities. If this will solve those issues by retaining the monies at the county level and being able to purchase the drugs, I think it is a good Bill. However, we should check that we do not take the functions of the county back to the national Government. If this will be retained at the county level and the counties will be able to use this money they want to use it at the facilities, then I support this Bill. This is on condition that the Governor and the hospitals will manage this money well. There must be a law to control how they will use the money. It is so sad when our hospitals call to tell us that they have no money. When we call the governors, the reason they give us is that they have not received their monies from the National Treasury. As such, they have no money to purchase drugs. When we communicate with the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), we find that they have bills and they have no money to pay for these bills. If the money collected from a facility will be used by that facility, then we will solve this problem once and for all. With a lot of changes on this Bill, I support it."
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