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"speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to November 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3523 reply as follows:- (a) Health facilities in the country are not facing a shortage of drugs and kits. Hospitals are supplied with drugs every two months, while health centres and dispensaries are supplied quarterly. So far, all facilities had been supplied with the first cycle, with the second cycle being expected to be completed in early December this year. (b) Allocation for procurement of drugs and kits for the year 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 were as follows:- A sum of Kshs3,028,355,182 was allocated in the 2007/2008 Financial Year. In the 2008/2009 Financial Year, the allocation was Kshs3,133,264,149. (c) Out of the funds allocated for the 2007/2008 Financial Year, the value of deliveries made in each category was as follows: Drugs, Kshs1,513,634,250; kits, Kshs500,619,760; ARVs, Kshs390,931,502; Anti-TB drugs, Kshs120 million; contraceptives, Kshs467,101,724. That makes a total of Kshs2.9 billion. The value of payment by the end of the first quarter of the 2008/2009 Financial Year per item was as follows: Drugs, Kshs832,869,865; kits, Kshs305,203,818, ARVs, Kshs84,064,502. Anti-TB drugs; and, Kshs11,588,474; and contraceptives, Kshs375,009,973. That gives a total of Kshs1.16 billion. (d) To ensure that the country does not face shortages of medical supplies, the Ministry has initiated procurement of essential drug commodities from the 2008/2009 Financial Year. The procurement process is at an advanced stage and deliveries are expected to reach the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency stores from early January 2009. Thank you."
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