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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My question is directly related to the responses given by the Cabinet Secretary on the question asked by Sen. Mumma. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you have indicated that the biggest challenge is the debt owed by county governments to KEMSA which is about Kshs6.2 billion. You have also indicated that the Social Health Authority (SHA), which you know very well, that in the Financial Year 2024/2025, it was allocated a total of Kshs25,798,827,666 which is up from the initial of Kshs11,899,413,839. This means that there was an additional Kshs13 billion allocated to SHA to ensure that they provide this medicine to the people. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, I would like you to pay attention to my question. If we have problems with drugs being administered in hospitals because county governments are not collecting the drugs or they have not paid the money to KEMSA, do you not think that it is time as a Ministry to develop a system where the manufacturers only release the drugs upon payment by SHA? I say this because when I was young, I was diagnosed with petite mal epilepsy. Thus, I know the dangers of people who end up having epilepsy. Do you not think that it is time that you developed a robust system that can ensure that all those manufacturers list their drugs and only draw them down upon being paid, so that you do not have to incur all these debts? I will give you a very good example. It is like a supermarket. If you walk into a supermarket, you will buy sugar although that supermarket does not own that sugar. That sugar has been placed there by a manufacturer. The only time that it is released, it is when it is paid. We have SHA spending Kshs25 billion, and counties collecting money from Own Source Revenue to use. This House passed a law. Can you please, tell us how we can solve that problem once and for all? It is not right for people who are sick, epileptic and 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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