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    "content": "pending before the Cabinet comes to this House, we will give the Minister all the support to ensure that it is passed. We should ensure that no Kenyan in this country dies because he or she lacks a shilling in his or her pocket. We should make medical services and health care as accessible and affordable as possible. This is something we should support. We are very glad that there are now arrangements and an agreement between the Ministry of Medical Services and the faith-based health organizations. We do appreciate what the religious sector has done not just in the health sector but also in the education sector. They have constructed schools and health facilities in this country. The AIC, ACK and Catholic churches have put up medical training colleges, universities and health facilities across the country. If you visit these facilities, you will find that they are helping Kenyans and are affordable. In Kiminini, we have a hospital built by the Catholic Church and yet there has not been a clear policy between these organizations and the Government. It has not been clear how personnel from the Government can be seconded to such facilities. If you look at the other facilities that they require, for example, ambulances and theatres, you will find that there is a clear relationship and policy on this issue. We will partner with the faith-based organizations to ensure that health facilities are improved for the benefit of all Kenyans. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, apart from this arrangement, during the amendment of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Act, we hope that the Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 will also take this into account. The CDF funds should be used to ensure that we improve the facilities built by the faith-based organizations. This is because it is not clear at the moment whether the CDF committees can enter into such partnership. However, we hope that this will be streamlined in the upcoming amendments. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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