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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a need to tie this to the problem of lack of funding. The authority will be getting funds directly from the Treasury. So, the bureaucracy in the transfer of money from the Treasury to line Ministries and, finally, to the current agency will be minimum. This bureaucracy causes unnecessary delays and, therefore, denies the public the very neccessary medical supplies that they need in their facilities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I want to indicate that the committee involved many stakeholders in the making of this Bill. The committee undertook pre-legislative scrutiny prior to publication of the Bill. Those whom we invited to the Committee were the Minister for Medical Services, Minister for Public Heath and Sanitation, the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), the Kenya Law Reform Commission, KEMSA, the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board, the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya, the Kenya Medical Association, the University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences and the World Health Organization. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are looking at is to reduce the delays that Kenyans undergo even when Parliament appropriates resources. We want to reduce the bureaucracy and the public will receive services and supplies in good time. Through the same Bill, we are looking at a situation where our development partners will have to release their resources into a common basket, so that we reduce parallel procurements. Parallel procurements by our development partners and the various Government actors sometimes cause confusion. Funds will be put into the hands of this Authority. The Authority conducts the procurement. The availability or non-availability of supplies in health facilities will depend entirely on its performance. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will propose amendments with regard to this Bill in the Committee Stage because of the many stakeholders who came before us. I expect the Ministry of Medical Services and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation will be available to give support to this Bill because, once it is enacted, will eliminate the confusion of services which they are supposed to give to the public. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and request hon. Duale to second this Bill."
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