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    "id": 1547582,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "because I was going to say that I was getting increasingly worried that whenever these people are here, I do not see him in the House. I need the Committee on Health to now deal with these matters with finality. We need an update from the Chair of the Health Committee because there was a specific directive from the Chair that you must meet with these UHC workers, the doctors, everybody claiming arrears from--- They were here yesterday again. It is making our work very difficult and we appear like we are people who cannot handle this matter once and for all. I thought the directive of the Chair was to get all these stakeholders in the medical profession before the Committee on Health. Has that meeting happened? What are the difficulties the Committee on Health is facing? Are the facilities in this building not sufficient for them to hold these meetings? How many times do the UHC workers have to come here with trumpets? You have already given a directive. It was very sad that this doctor was not even able to afford medication, yet he is giving medication for free. This House must deal with issues with finality. I do not mean to cast suspicions on our membership of the Health Committee, but honestly, if the UHC workers were here yesterday, it means that meeting that you directed has not happened. They would not be here again, protesting outside the gates, especially since we committed to treating them with dignity. I would, therefore, invite the Senator for Uasin Gishu County to inform me, if he wishes, on the steps that have been taken by this Committee to address the matter. I have also cited the Chair of the Health Committee, who should provide this House with a Statement outlining the actions being taken. Otherwise, we appear like we do not know what we are doing and that is not something---"
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