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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1338318/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for sending someone to help me come back from that world. I really appreciate it. Thank you for the opportunity to support this Bill. Health is everything. An unhealthy nation cannot move. The workforce is basically dead. I want to talk about two or three issues. One issue is centralisation of drug procurement. The Ministry of Health buys medicines in bulk from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), and then distributes them to small health facilities all over the country. That is a problem which this Bill will resolve. Secondly, I think the Chair has done a good job. However, we will have to look for a way and sneak this one into the Bill. I worked in a county. These health facilities would have revenue all the time because people were paying. The Office of the Governor would borrow from these facilities when it ran out of cash to operate small things, and not pay back. You would find people have not bought medication from a certain health facility yet the Governor has borrowed half a million from a health facility. When the medication is brought in bulk from the KEMSA, even the Ksh500,000 is not returned to buy medication. Therefore, these facilities do not help people. They will be very helpful to regions when they get their semi-autonomy. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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