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    "id": 445671,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445671/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Eseli",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 141,
        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank hon. Speaker. Unlike hon. Mule, I had only contributed to his amendment but now it is a chance to contribute to the body of the whole Report. I am usually impressed by the amount of interest this Report has raised. I did not anticipate that. But that just goes to show how much Members have been following up on the health care of their constituents and they have seen the constraints they are facing. I want to make some things very clear. Let nobody say that we are trying to claw back a devolved function. The devolved function remains where it is. The Constitution is very clear. The National Government retains the role of referral hospitals. The question we need to ask and answer is: Are we satisfied with the two referral hospitals; that is, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital and the Specialized Spinal Injury Unit? Are those the only functions we are satisfied the National Government should run for this nation? Let us look at equity also. When we look at equity, would it not be wise then to distribute the National Governments referral function more widely across the country? That is why we are saying: Since nobody sat down and decided which levels should remain as referral centers for the National Government, we need to give the National Government more referral centers to be able to give quality medical services to Kenyans. That is why this Report has come up."
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