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    "content": "healthcare services, consolidate interrelationship between the national and county health institutions, establish or coordinate agency for professionals within the health industry and provide for attachment on the basic rights of health. Of course, we did not have counties at that time. We referred to districts. This Bill was not passed. My intention is to have this Bill passed so that amongst other things we can also include review of procurement and supply of medicine, review of the Kenya Service Authority, Review of the Traditional and contemporary medicine and look at the regulations and access to medicine for the elderly and the intellectual property issues regarding the same. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that this disease affects between 2 per cent to 10 per cent of all the old people above the age of 60. This is worrying because quite a few of us in this House are either entering that bracket or are within the bracket. Therefore, we need that kind of care especially knowing that in Kenya, despite the Abuja Declaration which put medical care to be given, at least, 15 per cent of the budget allocated to any country, we only use about US$ 84 per person per capita on health, out of which less than one per cent is dedicated to matters of mental healthcare. My request is on the last sentence. I request that this House gives the mandate to the Standing Committee on Health to immediately initiate and review existing legislation on healthcare in order to mainstream and enhance healthcare for patients of dementia and further that the Committee submits a report to the House on the matter within 90 days. That is the only prayer. Forget about the hullabaloo which we are trying to introduce and teach in a very short lesson on what the disease is all about. That is what the Motion is pegged on. I beg to move and request Sen. Kithure Kindiki to second the Motion."
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