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    "id": 445593,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445593/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, even the amendment is seeking a reversal of transfer of health services from the county governments back to the national Government. My strong belief is that since the services were taken to the counties, there has been more efficiency than when those services were with the national Government. I tend to think that the national Government is too big to be efficient. It is quite inefficient in many ways. I believe that returning health services to the national Government will not be in the best interests of our people. I believe that this proposal is more motivated by our interest in getting involved in the health sector rather than the services to be provided on the ground. In my constituency, we have been having Longesa District Hospital for a long time, but it was not able to serve the people when it was being managed by the national Government. You could rarely have 20 or 30 patients going to that hospital in a day; but currently a large number of patients goes to the hospital for health care services. That is why I oppose the amended version of the Report. Hon. Speaker, I would have wished that we talked of ways of improving access to health care services. We should be looking for ways and means of adequately funding the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to enable it cover even the members of society who are---"
}