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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude because I know it is late and Members are quite tired, I would like to propose that whatever Members feel about this Report, we should be careful whatever we do with it. Do not throw away the baby with the bath water. Look at it carefully and see that there are very good recommendations which will move healthcare in this country to the next level. We need to do that if we want to effectively implement the new Constitution. That we allow this programme to continue, and have it in such a way that most of the money that is going that way goes into the public facilities because we always complained that we do not have money to improve our facilities and buy equipment. If this money is utilized properly in the public facilities, it can be used to buy the equipment, to enhance the services provided and to purchase additional drugs. That is why we are insisting that the Ministry of Medical Services looks at this programme and forms a unit, if possible, to see how they can benefit best from this money which is in terms of billions which the Ministry has been asking for and not getting but it is now coming through this public service scheme. Hopefully, based on that, in the future, we will be able to roll out social health insurance without a problem. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must agree that there was something that did not go right, or which was not done right with this programme and that is what needs to be rectified. It is important that we recognize one thing. We as Committee Members have exercised our oversight role and placed it so high and forgotten our facilitative role. As Committees of this House, we must also play the facilitative role to co-operate with the various Ministries and institutions to ensure that we actually assist them to achieve what they want. What I have based my seconding on has been more of the facilitative role than the oversight role, which at times we have used for vendetta and to score cheap points. This is a very important programme and as we debate this Report I would like hon. Members to keep in mind that this system that has been started is so key that whatever we do and propose should be something that will facilitate this programme to succeed. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second."
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