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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/389212/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to support the amendment. I believe that if this is done, the suffering of patients, particularly poor patients in the rural areas will be minimized. Patients have been suffering for too long and the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board takes too long to respond to complaints even when they are made because it is stationed here in Nairobi. I believe that if this amendment is implemented, the suffering patients in the rural areas will be very much relieved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to point out one issue that has been going on concerning cancer patients. Cancer patients are suffering in Kenya today because their drugs have been withheld. These are some of the issues that we, as Senators, must check and ensure that the Government does not allow patients to die simply because they are waiting to collect taxes. Kshs375 million worth of drugs have been donated. The Government has paid Kshs5.6 million in revenue but the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is insisting on Kshs900,000 as inspection fee. On Friday, I met some two girls suffering from Leukemia who had run out of drugs and were expecting them from Mombasa to save their lives. Could we, as a Senate, as we pass this Motion, urge the Government also to have these drugs released so that these poor patients can live?"
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