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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the extension of time to allow committees to strictly analyse and support the work of the overall Finance Committee. The Committee on Health that I chair has several issues that we feel the need to have a discussion on first with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, so as to finalise. We shall have synchronised particularly programmes that are involved and are still being run by the Ministry. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you realise that the Ministry has been recruiting health workers that are deployed to go and work in counties. As a committee, we thought we would meet the Cabinet Secretary and agree that those are part of the funds that can go to counties under the conditional allocation, so that it becomes seamless in the manner in which we are managing human resources for health. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for us to be able to roll out the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), it is critical that we have enough human resources in our health facilities. We are looking at the resources in the Ministry that we, as a Committee, feel could be deployed to support that function so that the rollout of UHC can be effective and efficient. The citizens of this country can get services as planned under the Kenya Kwanza Administration. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are other issues that we want the Ministry to speak to us about. We have a kidney training and treatment centre that has been built for almost four years. The facility is not complete. The funds that were allocated to that facility are already expended and the project is not complete. We would wish to find out because kidney treatment is critical. Kidney diseases is one of the diseases that have become a burden to our economy and the citizens of this country. We wanted time to discuss with the Cabinet Secretary on some of those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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