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    "id": 418626,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/418626/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "this. But I think we must move towards the required 15 per cent. The highest this country has ever gone is 8 per cent; we can show clearly that, between 2003 and 2008, when we put 8 per cent of our Budget into the health sector, we actually had a significant reduction in the health problems. The infant mortality rate went down, the under-five year mortality rate went down and the only thing that did not go down was maternal mortality. That needs more funding - particularly at Level Five Hospitals. That is something that, as a country, we must look forward to. I am very sure that when we go to the Supplementary Budget, we will be looking for more money for health services We are aware that health workers, particularly doctors, are resigning yet, we are under-funding the same sector. There is no replacement for those health workers. They are not people you will go to the market and get. Those are people we train and when they leave us, they actually go to other countries. We must just put more money into the health sector. I am also happy that we looked at the economic stimulus projects. In some places, those projects are a shame. Projects were started; some are half-way done and if we do not look at them--- In fact, we suggested that we actually need to do a survey of all the sectors where there was---"
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