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    "id": 445709,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ghati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "When you look at the health facilities in most of our counties, pharmacies are still empty, they have no drugs and yet we are pumping a lot of money to the counties. So, we are not seeing value for our money and that is why there are certain functions that if retained at the national level, it is easier to manage. If you look at the doctors, you find that those in our counties, most of them have their own private practice. They siphon some of these drugs from the hospitals and take to their private clinics. When a patient goes to hospital, you will find that patient being referred to a clinic that this doctor owns. This is unacceptable. We need to look at the capacities of our hospitals in the counties. How are we able to empower our people? We need to build capacities of our health care; doctors and clinicians, so that they are able to look at the issue of health care very seriously. As of now, I want to assure and also agree that counties have very limited capacities to handle the issue of health care. That is why when you look at the Constitution that we have in this county, it is a phased process. It is a process that is going to be implemented in phases, so that we do not give counties more than they can swallow. They are chewing more than they can swallow. What we want to do is to build their capacities slowly, so that when we finally transfer the functions to these counties, they are able to deliver services to the people the way they are supposed to. 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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