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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, to begin with, we were not even aware that this Statement was going to be made here. There are three issues. One, is the issue of the integrated health information system, whose purchase costs Ksh104 billion. Two, is the transition process that Hon. Elachi was talking about. Three, is the issue of the outsourcing of claims. Let me talk about the issue of the integrated system. The information we got from the Ministry as far as the procurement process was concerned, is that they followed the law as they interpreted it but we were not satisfied. These are the issues we raised and requested more information on. First, we could not ascertain whether the Cabinet was aware of this. The procurement start with the Ministry and you do not see any information behind that is linking it with the Cabinet. At one time, the Principal Secretary was saying the Cabinet can be informed or given information when purchasing at Ksh104 billion. We did not agree with that. Second, we were not satisfied that enough effort was made to get other institutions or partners that would provide this at a lesser cost or even compete. It was not clear to us how The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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