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    "id": 1520917,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I intended to ask a question which has been clarified on those pending bills with specific reference to faith-based hospitals. I wish to ask the Cabinet Secretary to perhaps separate between private facilities and faith-based hospitals. I know for a fact that some of these private facilities, if you look at the debt burden, it is mostly heavy on faith-based facilities for reasons that every Kenyan knows. It is difficult for any faith-based institution to do some of the things that private facilities can do to get their payments faster. Perhaps that matter needs to be treated with urgency. However, because I have gotten the microphone, I want to register my comments alongside those of the Chairperson of the Health Committee. I am disappointed by the conduct of this Ministry, led by the Health Cabinet Secretary, together with her two Principal Secretaries (PSs). They have treated this House with serious contempt, and that is not something that I take lightly as the Senate Majority Leader in this House. They missed our mid-term review meeting. The Cabinet Secretary said she was in Cabinet. What about her two PSs? Where was Harry? Where was PS. Muthoni? Could they not find their way to Naivasha? How can you continue to interact with colleagues whose only interest in health matters is a budget allocation to your Ministry? All policy- related matters are implemented at the county governments. You can hear the kind of questions that Senators are asking. Some of them are purely because this Ministry has failed to interact with this House in the manner that it ought to. 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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