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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. What a good debate this is. It reminds me of how Parliament used to be. The debate used to be sweet and all Members were relevant. Looking at the Bill, and listening to the contributions by my colleague Hon. Prof. Nyikal, this Bill is moving in the right direction. But it is not going far enough to do what our country needs. I want to plead with this House that this Bill must not be looked at as a Government Bill, but as a Kenyan Bill. This country needs this Bill. I was here when Parliament tried to implement universal healthcare, but there were too many interests outside Parliament that shot it down. I disagree with Clause 24 of the Bill which wants to keep the national Government involved in healthcare. The involvement of the national Government should only be in the higher level hospitals and in policy. This Committee should have looked at some of the areas where our country has not done well. You cannot promise people compulsory or universal healthcare without doctors and nurses. You cannot expect doctors in a hospital in my village. First of all, doctors are not churned out in enough numbers. The conditions of living are not good enough for any doctor to stay in that village. The Constitution calls for one thing, but this House must make it possible. That is why this is a very difficult Article of the Constitution to occasion. This House must think outside the box. The other day, I was in Indonesia at a conference against corruption. I felt unwell as though I had malaria. I decided to walk into a public hospital so that I could be tested and know if I was really sick. It turned out that I was generally fatigued. I did not see anything magical. In fact, they did not have all these computers they talk about. I looked for a doctor who could 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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