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    "id": 480542,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, as I support my Chairman in charge of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on this amendment, may I express my disappointment on behalf of the medical fraternity of this Republic. When the Constitution gave the President an opportunity to hire professionals to be in charge of Government departments, our hope as doctors, nurses, paramedics and patients was that the person who would steer this particular department would be somebody with expertise in the medical profession. That the Government settled on one Cabinet Secretary, a Mr. Macharia, you can see the consequences. Today because Macharia has no idea of the challenge in the former provincial hospitals, he does not know what is going to happen in Nakuru. After Kenyatta National Hospital, if it was a doctor who was in charge, the President would have been told that the biggest provincial hospital is Nakuru followed closely by Kisumu which is currently called Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, followed by Mombasa and then Kakamega. The amount of money put here cannot run those hospitals. There is no way the Governors are going to deliver. I therefore want to urge and I am glad to see that Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki is here today together with Sen. Elachi that they should go back to the President and tell him that the chiefs of equalization called Senators are requesting that in the Supplementary Budget, not less than Kshs9 billion should be included so as to get our hospitals up and running. Mr. Chairman, Sir, our Governors are so frustrated to the extent that when you tell Governor Oparanya that you are giving him Kshs200 million to run the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital, you are merely telling him to pay salaries for doctors and nurses for six months. Where will the drugs come from? Where will the chemicals in the laboratory come from? Where will the requirements that are needed for emergency and elective surgery in theatres come from? Does this Government want Kenyans to remain alive? They want Kenyans to die! The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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