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    "id": 1286218,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1286218/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was midway through. Clause 8(d) has actually taken the principle in health. The vision that you have for UHC is to ensure health services are available, accessible, acceptable, affordable and of good standard. For us to say that the finances that will be retained at the facility will achieve this, is lying to Kenyans. It is actually setting up facilities to fail. I would suggest those who are drafting this to relook at it and draft the Bill in a better way. Article 9 has clauses that are reversing devolution. We need to ensure that we do not micro manage. We need to provide on how there will be accountability for those funds that will be retained by counties. I agree with Sen. Wafula that we must not give the impression that funds collected at the facility are about urgent issues. They are actually funds that are supposed to be deployed. There should be proper annual plans aligned to County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs). There should be budgets and those funds should go towards those budgets. Otherwise, we are going to create an opportunity for those who want to create emergency things and actually pilfer the funds. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the establishment of so many committees is going to create bureaucracies that are just going to eat into the money. I have seen in the other Bill about the community health work; about eight institutions; bureaucracies being established by the Ministry of Health for county governments. Why are they doing that? They are not doing that for KNH. Why are they going back to reverse the roles of counties? We must recognize the Intergovernmental Committee and CoG on health---"
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