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    "content": "(iii) re-deploying existing health care personnel, while at the same time recruiting additional personnel to make access to quality health care a reality in our country. I have in this regard, hon Members, allocated an additional Kshs31.6billion over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework( MTEF) period. Starting next Financial Year 2013/14, a total of Kshs10.6 billion has been proposed, of which Kshs3.8 billion is for free access to maternal health and Kshs700 million for free access to all health centres and dispensaries. I have allocated a further Kshs3.1 billion and Kshs522 million for recruitment of 30 community nurses and 10 community health workers, respectively per constituency to provide quality health care services to Kenyans. Access to health care would not be complete without available and accessible personnel. Accordingly, I have allocated another Kshs1.2 billion for provision of 1,500 affordable housing units to health care workers to enable them respond and attend to patients in a timely manner. Hon Members, we are not just making health care services accessible to Kenyans in rural and urban areas, we are also extending this critical service to our brothers and sisters living in slum areas in our major cities and urban areas. To this end, I have allocated Kshs200 million for the construction of health care facilities in slum areas of Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa. Poverty and vulnerability pose significant risk to the wellbeing of some members of our society. With over 50 per cent of Kenyans living below the poverty line, we have prioritised cushioning those less fortunate, poor, elderly and persons with disability in our communities. We have in this regard allocated a total of Kshs13.4 billion as follows:"
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