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    "id": 1352913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "We visited Longisa Sub-County Hospital and Bomet Referral Hospital. We also had opportunity to visit Nyamira Level 4 and Level 5 facilities together with the Kisii Referral Hospital and a number of Level 4 facilities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to our surprise in the course of our inspection, we came across patients who had been diagnosed with TB but lacked the necessary drugs. In some cases, the cartridges for testing TB were not available. The Standing Committee on Health had the opportunity to interview the family of Baby Yassin; whose fingers were amputated at Kirinyaga Referral Hospital. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that child was taken to the Kirinyaga Level Hospital and diagnosed with Pneumonia only for the baby to be diagnosed with TB in a private facility. This is a very serious matter of national interest. I seek your direction so that the Ministry of Health (MoH), Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), can be summoned within a short notice because this is exposing the country to a very dangerous and dreaded disease that can spread easily and is difficult to contain thereafter. I support this Statement that the MOH and KEMSA should provide explicit and clear information on the procurement of TB drugs and the issue of sustainability of supply. The Ministry should also make it clear whether counties can be allowed to procure these drugs from the other suppliers whenever there are shortages. This is not a matter that should be left to the Ministry to debate on their own. This House needs to pursue this matter because TB is a global disease that is supposed to be eradicated even here in Kenya. Without testing and providing the necessary drugs to manage TB, we risk its spread in a time that will make it difficult for this nation to proceed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you."
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