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    "content": "To respond to the human resource challenges, my Ministry and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation intend to recruit 1,500 health workers annually in the next three financial years. Further, my Ministry will be absorbing a total of 1,915 staff who have been working under a Government/development partners arrangement, and whose contracts have now expired. I am happy to report to the House that the Prime Minister has effectively intervened in the process of hiring health personal, so that we do it directly in the Ministry rather than through the Public Service Commission (PSC), which takes an unnecessarily long time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, drug resistant TB is emerging as a key health problem. The Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB cases are on the increase. My Ministry intends to construct isolation wards at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Homa Bay District Hospital to cater for these TB cases on a regional basis. Availability of water and electricity in critical health facilities is also an important factor. Most hospitals have no alternative sources of water and electricity. In order to address this problem, I have allocated Kshs646 million towards the settlement of outstanding pending bills and consumption this financial year. My Ministry has decentralised the payment of utility bills to health facilities in an effort to make our field officers more responsible. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Development Vote, Kshs1 billion has been earmarked for construction and rehabilitation of the existing infrastructure. This amount will cover"
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