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    "id": 266175,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that parts of Shibwe Sub-District Hospital are located on the Sigalagala/Butere Road reserve, and that the road is now under construction and, therefore, the hospital is earmarked for demolition. This confirmation was made to the Ministry by the hospital’s Medical Superintendant in December, 2011. (b) I am thankful that the Ikolomani Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Committee has purchased 10 acres of land adjacent to the hospital for the development of the institution. (c) Due to the short notice given for the demolition, the Ministry is only able to carry out two measures to minimise the disruption of services within the short-term period. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of those measures will involve shifting services in the affected areas to the unaffected areas. This will be a challenge, considering the fact that there is not much space to spare in the unaffected areas. The second measure is that the Ministry has earmarked Kshs20 million from its Development Budget to commence reconstruction of the affected structures on the newly acquired land. This is as per the request of the hon. Member of Ikolomani, dated 7th February, 2012, which was delivered to the Ministry on 15th February, 2012. Within the short time left in the current financial year the Ministry will prepare designs of the structures to be put up and the documentation for tendering. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the medium-term and the long-term, the Ministry intends to allocate more funds to the hospital to complete the reconstruction and even expand the facility. Thank you."
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