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    "id": 1522056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "What is the inventory management system that is being used by KEMSA? This is something that must be investigated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you were not here yesterday. The Cabinet Secretary for Health was before this House and did not respond satisfactorily to many of the queries she answered in respect to the Social Health Authority (SHA), starting from the genesis of how contributions are being made, and the repayment of the debt that is outstanding. Now, we have the KEMSA debt which remains unpaid even by counties and then, we have the debt that was accrued by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). If you listened to the deep questions that are coming within the healthcare system, it seems that work is cut out for the Standing Committee on Health as they look at the statement and the question of SHA. If the healthcare system fails a nation, then which other system would we say is working properly within our republic? So, I would urge the Standing Committee on Health to ensure that when they bring a report on this Statement, we can see a whole audit of all the counties. Let us name and shame counties that are not willing to give basic services to wananchi down there. We need to stop answering the same question of why hospitals do not have even Panadols; why hospitals do not have basic emergency care for people who could even be rescued and saved. We are risking the lives of Kenyans. I would like to ask the Standing Committee on Health when they sit on this, to check the Order Management System within KEMSA. Ensure they are presenting a system that is foolproof and one that closes out any form of corruption. This is so that if we require medication going down to the health centres, we stop having people at the top level diverting funds that are intended to fund healthcare system within our nation. So, I support that Statement coming from Sen. Ledama Olekina. This is a question that we must be very serious about. Mr. Speaker, Sir, by the time we are done with our five-year tenure, we should be able to account what we have done as a Senate to improve the health care, water system and ensure that basic provisions that are supposed to go to Kenyans are delivered without further delay, excuses and explanations. Let officers seated in Government offices ensure that they take accountability for their office. Let them get the right thing done and deliver Article 43 of the Constitution to Kenyans. That is what we are looking for. The President is also looking for that. He is not looking for workers who are explaining things everyday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need those issues fixed under the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the three funds that are supposed to come under the new health care system. If there is a debt that needs to be restructured in National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), let it be restructured. Kenyans do not care what you do with the systems, processes and how you review the workforce and human resource capital. All they care for is an adequate service delivery that renders service to mwananchi. Many of us were raised in situations where we only went to Government hospitals. We never saw private hospitals until we were this age, where we have now seen the Aga Khan and Nairobi Hospital. All of us have gone through the Level 1 and 2 hospitals and public institutions and they must be made to work. It is our work as an oversight organ to ensure that they work. 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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