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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Let me also emphasize the following fact that indeed, it is important every now and again that the management is changed even when somebody is doing well. That is why presidents are given two terms and are not allowed to renew those terms because in the running of major organizations, a time comes when somebody must be in a position to see beyond the organization and bring innovation. But when you have stayed for too long, it is very difficult to bring innovation. So, I appreciate the concerns of the Members but as a Minister, I found it very important that the management be changed at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for the good of that institution notwithstanding the individual who was there. Secondly, it is not the truth that donors are abandoning the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. That is not true at all. The facts are that a few months ago, a donor took there some very expensive equipment under the acting directorship or CEO of Dr. Omar. As a Minister, I am in touch with all these organizations. Our concern is that that hospital be run properly, transparently and accountably, and as the House says, with a Board that knows what it is doing and that gives proper advice to the Ministry. So, we are reading from the same page. I would not like at any one point this matter to be personalized in any way. Further, let us use language with discretion. If we use excessive language with regard to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, even the people that will go there may be scared. I would like us to shy away from exaggerations. For example, with due respect to my friend, I do not think that when you go to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, you meet rats on the way. I do not think so. Many people who have been there have not reported this. If we paint such a grim picture of our institutions, that is not really true."
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