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    "id": 1338211,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1338211/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bureti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kibet Komingoi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill that seeks to devolve, for the last time, the health sector within our country. First, there has been a discussion that has been going on in the villages on how the health sector has been managed. To that end, this Bill seeks to cure one of the fundamental things in health, which is the source of funding to the health sector. The question that we have always had is: Why do hospitals generate revenue and yet they do not receive what they have generated out of the funds that they receive from the patients and the people that is given as gifts to hospitals? This Bill will allow hospitals and health facilities to retain all the funds they receive as revenue for costs that will be incurred in treating people in their regions. They will use the funds for management and improvement of their facilities to provide services in communities. That is the greatest news to me, the people of Bureti, Kericho County and the rest of this nation. It is also good to note that retaining of these resources does not prohibit the county governments from further appropriating funds for the purpose of facilitating growth and improvement of these facilities. With this Bill, we expect – together with the Kenya Kwanza programme that we have in the UHC that is to be launched in Kericho on 20th – to have a comprehensive health management from the local level at the dispensaries up to Level IV hospitals."
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