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    "id": 364792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, hon. Ochieng, because in my constituency, to start with, my predecessor really worked very hard and made sure that we have enough medical facilities like dispensaries. We have more than ten dispensaries, which to date have not opened their doors simply because we have no medical personnel in the constituency. Many people are dying each day because of simple ailments like elevated blood pressure and diabetes, because there are not enough personnel at least to help people manage these non-communicable diseases. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware whether the Budget has factored in the recruitment of personnel; if it has not, maybe this House will sit down and see whether we can have a supplementary budget to cater for these cases. I vividly remember that last year medics had a strike – the mother of all strikes – and one of the things they were agitating for was for the Government to hire more personnel. I think my friend, hon. (Prof.) Nyikal, was in the Ministry at the time. The Minister who was in charge did not actually take these medics seriously. I remember that he threatened them with sackings during that time. I know the Jubilee Government will take care of this need; in addition to having medics. I think hon. Ochieng can consider introducing some amendments because we also need enough medicine in dispensaries. We might get the personnel but drugs will not be enough for the dispensaries which will be opened. So, if possible he can make changes to this party-sponsored Motion. Besides the drugs and medical personnel, we need equipment in these dispensaries. In my district, or constituency, we have no CT scan machine. A patient must be brought all the way from Meru County to Nairobi, so that he or she can get a CT scan. So, I think I will consult hon. Ochieng to introduce amendments to this Motion. This time I will work with his party. This is a party-sponsored Motion. I will work with his party, so that we can have these amendments; there is no need of bringing this Motion and then again hon. Murungi brings another Motion requesting equipment, then in future"
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