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    "id": 141150,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/141150/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for many years, the Ministry of Health has been given a raw deal through budgetary allocations. Every time somebody talks, they refer to obsolete equipment, especially in the laboratory, x-rays, dispensaries and lack of heart machines. It is very important that this Ministry should be given money. At least in every district hospital, we require equipment which can reduce referrals to provincial hospitals or to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). For example, KNH is an institution which should be supported fully. It should be a referral centre in our region for two reasons. Nairobi is a hub of treatment in East Africa. With specialized treatment, we could attract more money from people being referred within the region. Can you imagine that our own people are being referred to South Africa; a country which just got independence in the 1990s? So, KNH should be a referral centre within the region. It should be a research centre for medical research. We have a highly developed university in the region; University of Nairobi. Therefore, KNH should be a serious centre for medical research. In the next Parliament, we need to demand for money for this very independent institution."
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