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    "id": 1427218,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "given a standard shade. The former President Mwai Kibaki used to tell us kulipa ushuruni kujitegemea . That has been the essence. I do not know whether the mover noted that we passed the Facilities Improvement Financing Act, 2023. Through cost sharing aspect we allowed that if you are collecting money in Kapsabet County Referral Hospital, or any other hospital such as Mbagathi Hospital, you are allowed to spend money at source, for ambulance and support services. We should relook at this in the Committee of the Whole, more specifically on the aspect of cost sharing in our hospitals so that we capture it. The wisdom of passing Facilities Improvement Financing Act, 2023 was to spend at source. If you take somebody to a hospital in Kapsabet, Mosoriot, Chepteruat or Kabiyet at night and you need to take them to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) you are informed that there is no fuel. Our people end up paying Kshs1,000 or Kshs2,000 so that they can get an ambulance. There is a lack of drugs in the hospitals. In Kapsabet there are so many chemists. This is because there are no drugs in Kapsabet County Referral Hospital. If there were drugs, it would have been easier. The essence of this transparency that we are talking about is very critical. The other day, there was an attempted rape within the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital. This has been reported in Kapsabet Police Station. I know that Sen. Kibwana being a member of the Standing Committee on Health is aware of the Occurrence Book (OB). Patients are not safe. Patients must feel safe in hospitals. Women are being sexually molested. These were allegations in Garissa County Referral Hospital too. We are also seeing them in many hospitals. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the sad reality is that you will find the management committee of county referral hospitals sitting and instructing the complainant to drop the charges in order to not taint the image of the hospital. That is abuse of the dignity of women across the country. Therefore, when we talk of the Facilities Improvement Financing Act, it is important for Sen. Kibwana to note its provisions as she proceeds with the amendment. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the county revenue system, we used to have organisations such as Jambo Pay and Safaricom. I know that you have been a senior practitioner in this city."
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