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    "id": 486474,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I really want to thank the hon. Member who brought this matter to the attention of the House. I want to join him in saying that, indeed, I very strongly believe that it was a terrible mistake to devolve health services. This is one thing that needs to be brought back to the national Government. I am saying this because this is an issue that has seen hospitals, specifically in the county that I come from – referral hospitals plus all the dispensaries and health centres – completely collapse. Cases which require urgency in terms of attention and were centrally well co-ordinated are now lacking attention. We are hearing now that TB vaccine is out of stock and this is a real threat. This is a disease in this day and age that Kenya should have got rid of. The vaccination for polio which we used to see being conducted by the Government is no longer being conducted. Indeed, Article 187 of our Constitution allows us to relook at areas we think need to be brought back to the national Government. This is within the law. This issue of tagging people as being anti-devolution when they say that 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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