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    "id": 379202,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/379202/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "arises when our health sector and hospitals are under stocked, in terms of equipment. If you visit dispensaries, you will find a nurse in charge of the centre. Sometimes, you will find a health centre that serves a whole constituency or division. This one human being in the remotest part of Kenya is expected to handle all manner of diseases and to serve people without any equipment. I think we will be asking too much of the medical professionals we have around. As a country, we must put our priorities right. Two years ago, I visited Kapenguria County Hospital and met the only doctor there, Dr. Ochuka and his wife. There were only two people there. He is a surgeon. He took me round and told me that he had to bring his personal equipment for surgery to a Government hospital which serves people in the north rift, all the way from Kapenguria to Lodwar; most of the people from Trans Nzoia also come to Kapenguria. What does this mean? This means that for a long time, we have not, as a country or as a department responsible for health put all the attention required to our medical personnel and equipment. That is how professional malpractices come up. One of them may misdiagnose and this is normal where there are many people working in one field. One or two weeks ago, you saw the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi chairing the Medical Practioners and Dentist Board which disciplined one of their colleagues that erred. These issues arise because we have not paid attention to the medical field. We have the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). How does medicine move from KEMSA to all our hospitals, health centres and dispensaries? The structure has not been devolved. Devolution has come in and the law says that it is only policy that will remain at the top. It is also proposed that even in the standardization of drugs, KEMSA must remain. But they need to open outlets in the counties, so that KEMSA branches are in every county and medicine is taken to them."
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