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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance to contribute to the Facilities Improvement Financing Bill. I also support this Bill. However, as I support it, there are a number of things need to be re-looked into. This Bill will ensure that funds that are collected from the facilities are factored in back to the services that are offered by the facilities. This may help alleviate the suffering of our people at the areas where hospitals serve. Many times, we see our sick people going to hospitals, but as soon as treatment starts, we see them trooping to chemists outside the hospitals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of the time, the people going to seek for treatment at the hospital are not endowed properly and do not have money to buy drugs from chemists or pay for other services outside the public facilities that are there. If this Bill will address some of those challenges, then I support it. As we get this Bill into place, funds that are budgeted by county governments for the facilities should also be ring-fenced. This is because this has often been abused and you find that approved services at the budgeting process are not used in the facilities and do not benefit the locals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as funds are collected in those facilities, pilferage must also be addressed by the many boards that we are putting in place. It is also important to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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