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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to add my voice in greeting you and the nation and also sending my happy New Year greetings to everyone. I want to congratulate the Mover of this important Bill because I know it is going to reform the health sector. I was a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. I have, therefore, gone round this country to look at the health facilities, especially with regard to procurement and distribution of drugs. That has been a major problem. Storage facilities have been a major problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before the new Constitution, health care services were at the whims of the national Government. The new Constitution has allowed for a shared function between the national Government and the county governments. Under Schedule IV, you will see that those functions are divided between those two levels of governance. The county government is in charge of health facilities and legal frameworks that will be needed to be put in place. The former Constitution did not recognize the economic and social rights of the people of this country. The new Constitution, however, under Article 43, recognizes the right of everyone to have the highest attainment of healthcare in this country, which includes reproductive health and so on. This right cannot be attained without ensuring an effective and sustainable system of the procurement, storage and distribution of health care commodities. Article 20 of the Constitution requires the State to enable resource availability for financing national priorities in respect to social economic rights. This will ensure the enjoyment of social economic rights. If you go round East Africa, you will realize that there are legal frameworks and statutes that address procurement, distribution and resource allocation within the East African Community. It is high time Kenya had a statute that will look clearly into issues of procurement, distribution and storage of medical commodities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill in the strongest terms possible."
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