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    "id": 48279,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/48279/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Member for the Question. Some years ago, the Ministry got a donation of a helicopter to be used as an airborne ambulance. That helicopter was, however, taken over by the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, and it has been grounded at the Wilson Airport all these years. Recently, the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security offered the helicopter back to the Ministry of Medical Services, but, on further examination, we were advised that it would be very expensive to repair that helicopter after being on the ground for so long. The Ministry has been advised to acquire its own airborne ambulance for responding to such cases. We are now working on a National Ambulatory and Emergency Services, which will involve both land borne and airborne ambulances, so that cases like the one of Marsabit do not put us in a vulnerable position, where we have to depend on the Kenya Army or the Red Cross Society, St John Ambulance or any other body. We should really have an internal capacity and capability to respond to such situations."
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