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    "id": 1399078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I thank the Senator for Meru County for bringing this important matter before this House. As the people of Nairobi City County, we had the privilege of hosting the Senate Committee on Health yesterday. I take this opportunity to thank the entire Committee led by the Chairperson, the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, Sen. Mandago, for spending time with us to look at the state of health in Nairobi. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) owes most of our facilities, if not all, money. I will just give quick examples of our level five hospitals. At Pumwani Hospital, the NHIF owes Nairobi City County Kshs15 million. That is not to count the Kshs182 million that is owed by the Linda Mama Programme. At the same time, at Pumwani Hospital, we have had to shut down some wards, for example, ward five and six because of the shortage of staff thus, reducing the capacity of the hospital. Only two out of three of our operating theatres are functional at Pumwani Hospital because of a faulty anaesthesia machine. If this money was remitted to this facility, it would go a long way in addressing our challenges at Pumwani Hospital. At Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, the Linda Mama Programme owes the facility Kshs120 million while the NHIF owes Kshs178 million. At the same time, we have a stalled neo-natal Intensive Care Unity (ICU) construction with a pending bill of only Kshs50 million. This is what has led to the contractor abandoning the site at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. If NHIF were to give us the Kshs178 million, I am sure, it would go a long way. That is more than half of the proposed budget for the construction of the neo-natal ICU, 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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