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    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "The third objective and strategy of this Fund is to facilitate the purchase of modern equipment and provide drugs for the KDF hospitals. Once you open the hospitals up, you will need to provide sufficient equipment. For the information of this House, the most qualified surgeons are in the Defence Forces hospitals. As you may have heard or seen, there is a modern Level 6 hospital under construction on Waiyaki Way. It is due for completion in 2025 and has been earmarked to be a referral hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art facility that will admit anyone, including presidents within the region. You will not need to go to India or to an American hospital, like my very good friend Hon. Moses Kuria, the former Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, who was taken to an American hospital in Dubai. Such cases will be treated at the Level 6 facility that is currently under construction. This Fund, which is created under the Public Finance Management Act, will also provide funds for administration expenses such as salaries, allowances and pension for those who will be working there. There are about 19 regulations for the creation of this Fund, most of which deal with its administration and how it is going to be audited et cetera. The policy context is intended to expand and modernise the Level 4, Level 5 and Level 6 medical facilities in military installations. These hospitals are located in Nairobi, Eldoret, Lanet in Nakuru, Marsabit and other places. Opening up these facilities necessitates the establishment of the Fund for the KDF medical system. The management of the Fund will be supervised and overseen by an advisory board that will be responsible to the Defence Council. The most important thing to note is that the CEO of this facility will solely be nominated and appointed by the Defence Council and not the sitting board. This is because the appointee will be a military person, who will be in charge of the overall management of the hospital. Ulinzi Prime Health Services will also provide a larger and more diverse clientele to boost hands-on opportunities for learners, facilitate training in specialised facilities and further increase research opportunities for the betterment of health care under the Defence College of Health Sciences. This is a constituent college that is domiciled in the National Defence University College in Karen as well as the Level 6 research and referral hospital. As I had mentioned, the clientele will be picked as required by the rules that govern military installations. The Regulations were published and forwarded to the National Assembly within the period required under the Statutory Instruments Act. There was a comprehensive explanatory memorandum that was submitted together with the Regulations, which we processed and we were satisfied. The Committee was also satisfied with the level of public participation, as contemplated under Articles 10 and 118 of the Constitution. It was also satisfied with the explanatory memorandum and the impact assessment statement that was provided therein. We were satisfied that all the procedural requirements under the Statutory Instruments Act were met. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request Hon. Gichimu, the Vice-Chairman of the Committee, to second."
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