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    "id": 154209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/154209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member. It is an inhuman situation. However, put yourself in the shoe of the KNH which renders services and expects its bills to be paid. Because of the failure of the referral system in this country, people go to referral hospitals like the KNH for ailments that can be treated, at the primary level, this hospital is congested with patients it should not be looking after and spends money to treat them. Once a patient has been treated he or she is expected to pay his or her bill before he or she is released. If not, such patients should arrange a credit facility with the KNH to be released. It is like the chicken and the egg. Which comes first? Is it the patient or the money? A solution to this problem is for us to have a well-functioning social health insurance scheme where all patients, both in-patient and out-patient are covered. The cover will also ensure that patients do not go to hospital and then look for money in order to be treated."
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