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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Jared Okello (",
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    "content": "Nyando, ODM): Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in congratulating those elected Chairpersons and their respective Vice- Chairpersons. We hope and pray that they will deliver on the promises we make, both as a house and the Executive wing of the Government. I was asking Dr Nyikal, who was elected Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health, whether it was wrong to have devolved Health. This is because, from the look of things, most governors who have been mandated to deliver on health matters do not understand their roles. At the national level, the Ministry was to do the policy-making to guide implementation. However, we have a disconnect with the implementers, that is, governors. They have made the Ministry look bad, yet the problem emanates from the ground. We also referred to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), which was a brilliant idea. Again, the Government must have bodies that help regulate the private sector out there. Without KEMSA, medicine such as Panadol would sell at Ksh1,000. It is a Government body that helps regulate prices and comes up with regulations that guide that front. We know KEMSA was brought in to self-fund. The Government was only to give seed money, which it did. As we speak, KEMSA is owed Ksh3 billion by governors of various counties, yet they 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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