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    "id": 444278,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/444278/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "The Temporary Deputy Speaker, all former provincial general hospitals, referred to as Level 5 hospitals are facing problems. It is a time bomb which is just waiting to explode. In this financial year, a lot of money was given through grants to those Level 5 hospitals. Unfortunately, the governors chose not to ensure that money gets to those hospitals. We visited those hospitals but there was no money granted to them, yet governors were proudly telling us how they intend to build new hospitals. Our recommendation would be to look at those hospitals and make sure that the former provincial general hospitals are all elevated to Level 6 so that they can be teaching and referral hospitals. That way, there can be a budget line for them and they can be given money directly from the national Government. I think as National Assembly and Senate, we really need to look at it and see how best we can deal with that issue of general hospitals. Otherwise, Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital will continue to be used for basic medical attention because everybody will be running there considering that the Level 5 hospitals are not doing what they ought to do."
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