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    "id": 282956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/282956/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 35,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’- Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is very right that the cost of consulting speech therapists is very expensive in this country because it is mainly in the private sector. I have said before and I will repeat here, that the cost of healthcare in this country is pretty high. Therefore, when ordinary Kenyans suffer from costly diseases which either require treatment or palliative care, we are really in the doldrums. In our current Budget and in our submission to the Government regarding long terms improvement in healthcare, I have always said in this House that we need about Kshs85 billion in the next three or five years to respond to this tremendous shortages which have not been taken into account for the last 25 years. So, we are talking about a deficit in financing healthcare that has accumulated for 25 years. This is a reality. Unless we, as a Government, invest seriously in the health sector and universal healthcare insurance, we shall continue to have these problems for a long time. This House itself is held in jeopardy by the people of Kenya because it is expected to respond to these problems. The House can raise the issues that the hon. Members are raising, but it is, indeed, our responsibility to look for resources to do this. So, I do share the concerns of the two hon. Members, but that is the explanation that I can give."
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