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    "id": 1344162,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1344162/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would have imagined that if you wanted a more serious surgery in this sector, the first Clause after Clause 3 would have been a declaration that no public servant would seek medical services from the private sector. I would have wanted a provision that says this Parliament shall not approve a budget of any institution, Judiciary, Executive or Parliament that would take private insurance, and then tell Kenyans to provide social health. However, if you still allow, we parliamentarians have our own medical scheme. Officers in the Judiciary have their own medical scheme too. So, we are still throwing most of the Kenyans under the bus. I imagine if we want to do a thorough job, we should carry all Kenyans in this basket. That way, we will be sure of seriousness in sorting out this issue. This Bill, in its current form, I agree with what it provides for but there must be a provision and concerted effort to ensure that facilities in the dispensaries, health centres, Level 3 and Level 4 hospitals are provided with basic standardised equipment and personnel. That way, we can talk of moving towards achieving social heath. However, merely renaming it and channelling the funds into what you are now calling primary, emergency and chronic will not help much. We will need to move amendments to this Bill to ensure it deals with very important issues, for example, quality of medical services, so that people can get services wherever they are. Where I come from in Ugenya, people travel 40 to 50 kilometres to get X-Ray services. Out of about 40 dispensaries in my county, only three or four have laboratories. The facilities do not even have a microscope for testing malaria. So, if our health facilities are not at a level where they can provide quality services, we will not go anywhere."
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