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    "id": 1496892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "hospital bills across the country. The problem is not even the hospital bill; it is the commercialised medical services in this country. When you walk to a private facility or health centre, they cannot explain to you why they are charging, for example, the amount they are charging in their medical bills. In some instances, private medical facilities charge Kshs20 million in medical bills. When you ask them about the gloves and the syringes, they cannot quantify who gave them. We should regulate private health facilities across the country because no one can explain the hospital bills they give. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital, and Coast General Provisional Hospital have a way of providing waivers to the needy. This is different in the private facilities. You saw the Body by Design Clinic that led to the death of the late Lucy Wambui, may her soul rest in peace, who was buried the other day. We were told that the facility was licensed to provide massage services, but you were told they were performing some surgery for beauty. This shows that there is a problem within the system. I hope that at the end of it all, we will address such issues. One of the major issues is compassionate donations. Some of us have been around for a long time. I remember in the last session, the Coalition of Restoration of Democracy (CORD), when the teachers were on strike. They came up with a pay bill to fundraise for teachers then, although no one told us what happened to that money that was being raised. I hope that with the audit coming under this Bill, we will know when such cases happen. I agree largely with the spirit of the Bill. However, I have reservations about fundraising. What I expected from this Bill was simplifying the process. If you want to do a Harambee, you get a permit. Nonetheless, introducing a Cabinet Secretary, audits and taxation is unnecessary. It is lethargy of the entire process, clogging it. We should make the issue of doing a harambee in this country simple, where you need a permit to do a harambee by giving a substantive reason. If it is a medical reason, let it be known. If it is about building a religious place or on compassionate grounds, let it be known. Cabinet Secretaries of this Republic have better things to do than regulate harambees. I would have expected that we would give a law that we give even through a law that provides for clear guidelines. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of appeals, there is public fundraising Bill. You remember when there was a ravaging drought and issues of hunger in the country, there was the Kenyans for Kenya initiative which was used to fundraise. I agree with such. However, we should conduct audit on public fundraising appeals. I do not know whether Morara Kebaso, the proponent of ‘inject,’ who is fundraising for fuel and walking around with security to audit, is part of public fundraising appeals. I do not know whether fundraising to fuel your car to do something is part of the public fundraising. I agree that there must be standards The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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