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    "id": 203677,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/203677/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kibunguchy",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Health",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 294,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
        "slug": "enoch-kibunguchy"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware. (b) The existing policy on housing for all public servants is that they should be paid a monthly housing allowance which they should use to rent the accommodation they consider appropriate for their needs. Since most of our hospitals are situated in towns, our staff have not encountered difficulties in finding appropriate accommodation in the towns nearby the hospitals. For rural health facilities, our staff are housed within the compounds while others operate from their own homes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I also add that the situation is, however, challenging in the new districts where even the structures to work from are scanty. All Government Ministries face this handicap equally. The Ministry of Health would like to have staff houses in these new administrative units but due to financial constraints, the priority in the short-term is the infrastructure to work from. To bridge the gap, the communities in these districts are encouraged to take advantage of the presence of our staff there and put up appropriate houses to lease to them."
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