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    "id": 1368194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 520,
        "legal_name": "Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, specifically, on the issue of the CHPs, we require standardization and consistency. At the national level, we are the ones who have undertaken training for the CHPs. The national Government funded the kits. We are also giving them gadgets such as smartphones, so that they collect real- time data that shall be used for decision making in the health sector. That is an investment by the national Government. The stipend of 50 per cent is an investment by the national Government. I mentioned that, two months ago, we did a level of service assessment. From the level of service assessment, we have a report that indicates the gaps within the facilities in the counties. Notably, we have big Human Resource (HR) for health gaps. We also have big gaps on health products and technologies. We are working together with the county governments to derive a mechanism on which we are able to fill these gaps. However, in the enacted laws, the Social Health Insurance Act has a primary health care fund, which is supposed to ensure that all facilities at the primary level. Level 2 and Level 3 hospitals are funded to ensure that they have HR, health products and technologies. You will recall that one of the laws that were enacted is facility improvement fund. It is supposed to ensure that funds for the health facilities are ring-fenced and re- ploughed into health facilities, so that then they are used to ensure there are no gaps in service delivery."
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