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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "or she will have to stay in the queue even for six hours waiting. If it is a woman who has gone to deliver and she left home bleeding, she will continue bleeding until she dies before seeing a doctor, yet she ran to the hospital knowing very well that she would get help. That is why even today our women have decided that they are better of using the traditional birth attendants, because they are kind and can help. Madam Temporary Speaker, with reference to this Motion, now that we have county governments, are we willing to institutionalize the county health sectors and computerize systems within the county governments? Are we willing to change the way we handle the issue of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)? Almost every home in this country has a mobile phone and is able to buy airtime. I do not understand why even the Government cannot link the two, to ensure that every family has an NHIF card. It can work. But before we even do that, those of us who have been contributing to the NHIF for many years need to ask ourselves: Have we ever seen an audit report? Have you ever been told at the end of the year that this is what they have done, these are the billions that they have collected and this what they have sent back to the public hospitals where we have patients who have these cards? The Senate needs to urge that any person who collects public funds must start giving accounts back to the public. There should be a public forum where people will be told that at the end of the year this is what they have collected, used and saved. We know that in the public health sector billions have been contributed, but we do not see the services and infrastructure getting better. We even wonder what is happening when everyday we are talk about money. Even those who are willing to give, have refused to do so, because they cannot give where they cannot see accountability. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I end, it is important also to appreciate that they have a new Act and joint team which we can face. Daniel Yumbya is doing a good job in terms of now looking at the quacks and different nursing institutions which do not have permission to run. It is time that even the Senate starts forcing the county governments to ensure that we have accountability in the health sector as we move on. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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