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    "id": 1294383,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. First, I would like to basically adopt what Sen. Omogeni said; this is a very progressive Bill. I wish to echo what my senior brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, has said about the Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know about the reality of life; anything nice sometimes will have its shortcomings. One of the issues that I would like to emphasize on, is that let this team of fellow Senators, understand that the Kenyan public has very high expectation as to what we are going to do so that we disentangle and recalibrate some of the issues that are disturbing the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Kisii County Level 6 Hospital, the names of individuals who visit the hospital are written in an exercise book. Some of those exercise books are just pieces of paper. Once someone leaves the hospital, those papers lose meaning. The data issue being discussed on the Floor of the House is a new recalibration of where we are heading as a country on medical provision and services. However, the reality is that we are lagging behind. I emphasize to my colleagues that what we did in Turkana was brilliant, was bipartisan and there was a lot of consultation. We should go that way. The idea of trying to pass a Bill because we have certain vested interests should be a thing of the past. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on any of the challenges we face on who is going to be on the hierarchy and whether we are removing the responsibility of the health sector or industry which is devolved to the county government; this House is seized with qualified senior lawyers and experienced people like some of us, to sit and explain to them to not pass the Bill, which if it goes to the High Court or the constitutional court, will fail. Let us make sure that we pass a Bill with minimum thresholds so that if it goes to the constitutional court, it will pass with flying colours. With those remarks, I am sure that this Bill will go a long way in solving the problems of our people, whether it is providing them with medicine, procurement of medicine, records of children who are born and their mothers or records of parents or male patients who are suffering from diabetes, hypertension or other diseases. I believe this will go a long way in solving the problems of health that our country has faced from 1963. With that, I support."
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