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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to reply to the Statement sought by hon. Joseph Nyumu, Member of Parliament for Gatundu South. He needed clarification on; one, when the supply of medicine will be made available considering that there is shortage of medicine in medical facilities all over the country. Two, what the Ministry was doing to ensure that there is no lapse in terms of availability of the medicine and three; whether the supply of free medicine to the public medical centres is sustainable in the long-term in respect to the cost. Hon. Speaker, Sir, we invited the Cabinet Secretary for health and his team and after deliberations, we got the Statement as follows: When will we have the supply of medicine available to all the health facilities within our constituencies? Procurement and distribution of medicine for county health facilities, that is the dispensaries, health centres and hospitals is amongst the functions that have been devolved to the counties under Legal Notice number 137 of 9th August, 2013, which provides for all county governments to procure medicines from KEMSA, except where particular commodity required by a county government is not available at KEMSA, until alternative inter-governmental arrangements are made. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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