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    "id": 476675,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/476675/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "several hospitals; Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital, Kakamega Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa and others. What we found was that the conditional grant that was allocated to those facilities was never given to them and many other hospitals. Hon. Members have even talked about Kisii Level 5 hospital having three patients occupying one bed. You realize that in those hospitals, you have dedicated women and men who are working there as doctors, nurses and other paramedics. They are doing that under very difficult circumstances without financial backing; without equipment and without other resources. So, they cannot give good service to wananchi yet our Constitution demands that health is a right. It is a right for every Kenyan to be given the highest attainable standard. So, I think as we agree on this, the counties need to go further and where Level 5 hospitals are found, they must also allocate monies. We are aware that Kshs3.74 billion which was initially earmarked as conditional grants went to the counties in the Division of Revenue Bill. So, the counties which have Level 5 hospitals, for the time being, must allocate resources to those hospitals so that the Kshs1.7 billion that has been given through the Mediation Committee is a top up to those facilities to provide services."
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