{"id":206506,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/206506/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Kibunguchy","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Health","speaker":{"id":294,"legal_name":"Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy","slug":"enoch-kibunguchy"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. My Ministry has no immediate plans to upgrade Mtwapa Dispensary to a subdistrict hospital due to the following reasons:- (a) The acreage of land available is not sufficient because the land available is only 0.344 hectares. (b) The physical infrastructure is inadequate. The dispensary is housed in a four-roomed building which was put up by DANIDA. (c) Staffing level is that of a dispensary. (d) As it is well-known, we normally upgrade facilities from a dispensary to a health centre and then to a hospital. However, at the moment, the facility offers basic curative and preventive services, a comprehensive care clinic and basic clinical laboratory services."}