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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What is bothering members of the Departmental Committee on Health is what is bothering all Members of Parliament. What is bothering all of us is that the health function is not going on very well in the counties. As Members of Parliament, we cannot sit here and constantly cry that things are not going on well without doing anything. However, the provision to work with is not Section 15 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. What ought to help us is the provision of Article 187 of the Constitution. The provision allows the national Government and the county governments to discuss what roles they can exchange and the manner in which they want to exchange those roles. However, to try to have a claw-back to the provisions of the Constitution in the manner Clause 24 of this Bill proposes is not tenable. So, re-look at the provisions of Article 187 of the Constitution. The second thing is that I appreciate the fact that Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal is in love with equipment. They want doctors to be compensated and they want people not to be given free emergency medical treatment. However, Article 43(2) of the Constitution is very express. It says emergency medical treatment shall be given. To have a claw-back in the manner the Committee is trying to do in this Bill is a negation of that constitutional right. As a student of law, I know for a fact that you cannot use the provisions of a single legislation like this to take away constitutional provisions. The best they ought to do---"
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