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    "id": 210256,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sambu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 137,
        "legal_name": "Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is the point of contributing if they do not want to listen? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the KEMSA has a lot of equipment which was bought using public funds. This equipment should be delivered to the newly-completed health centres. The special equipment for maternity wings cannot be bought from many pharmacies. We need to get this equipment from the KEMSA. So, I am requesting the Minister to direct that any Medical Officer of Health (MOH), who requests for this equipment from the KEMSA, should be supplied with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about the high cost of treating patients. Once again, I will speak about the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. If anyone does not know that, that August 7, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2995 hospital is the property of the public, then that person does not live in Kenya. That hospital charges patients more than the nearby private hospitals, yet it was built as a grant from China. They took over the Uasin Gishu Memorial Hospital for free and, yet, the man, who is in charge of the hospital, is still charging patients very expensively. The essential staff, that is, the people who deal with patients in that hospital are so few, and yet the management employs so many non-essential staff, including drivers and cleaners. They spend a lot of money on non-essential staff. I am going to lead a march with the other hon. Members from the North Rift Region, to remove that man from Eldoret---"
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