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    "id": 239019,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Arungah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 292,
        "legal_name": "Julius Odenyo Arungah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make a comment. I will make three points. I am aware that one of the challenges of this Ministry is the shortage of staff. However, I want to appeal to the Minister that the constituency that I represent here has a very serious shortage of staff to the extent that the medicine that she says she has provided will go to waste, because without the nurses attending to patients, its availability, is of no consequence. Secondly, it may be possible that the Ministry is supplying medicine to these facilities, but in Khwisero Constituency, there are cases of people being given rampant prescriptions, to the extent that they have not noticed that difference. So, I do not believe it when the Minister says that she has provided more medicine to these facilities. I would urge the Ministry to ensure that the medicine is not just supplied, but it follows up to make sure that, indeed, it is given to the people who deserve it. I do appreciate that the Anti-Retro Virals (ARVs) have been made available and they are said to be free. Unfortunately, in Khwisero Constituency, people have to spend a whole day and a minimum of Kshs300 to go to the district hospital, so that the ARVs can be dispensed. I urge the Ministry to make arrangements to ensure that these ARVs are dispensed in divisional health centres, so that more people have access to them."
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