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    "id": 1286243,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1286243/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 50,
        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
        "slug": "william-kipkiror"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill because it strengthens those units; the health centres and the referral hospitals. This is a deliberate intention that is taken, so that we achieve the UHC, which has been tried severally and has not worked. If this law can be passed and it helps our small referral hospitals in our counties and sub-counties to have some resources to deal with the urgent matters of drugs and facilities, it will ensure that we have health access by our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the county governments which, in my view, will be able to help in this process. If you look at the law here, it states that the national Government shall be able to develop policy and some regulations that will guide the usage of this money, and that will still be implemented by the county governments. So, I do not agree with the argument that this law takes away the devolution process from the county governments. It actually strengthens, if I may say so. It enables county governments to achieve the UHC as enshrined in our Constitution under Article 43 (1) (a). If there are areas we need to amend, we can do so. This is because we have the Third Reading, where we can bring all those amendments, so that we polish this document and law that---"
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