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    "id": 597215,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/597215/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with that Petition. However, I request the Committee to which this matter will be marked, during their investigation, not to lose sight of the fact that the answer obviously lies somewhere. It lies in the Constitution. The way we structured the function of health, it was an oversight in the sense that, it cuts across the 47 counties. Most governors led by Mandera and Elgeyo-Marakwet have done very well in terms of infrastructure development of the facilities. However, in all counties, they have failed to manage human resource. I, therefore, challenge the Committee to strongly come out and recommend that we align the Constitution in such a way that we create a Health Workers’ Commission akin to the Teacher’s Service Commission that will cater for the training, promotion, transfer, posting, salaries, discipline and what have you. That is where the problem is. My second comment is that some of the governors have completely misunderstood Appropriation-in-Aid (A-in-A) that you find in health facilities. The A-in- A is raised and banked into an account that is controlled by the governor. He does not release those funds back to the institution, as it applies in A-in-A. The national Government should not delay releasing funds to counties. This is because the doctors and nurses think that they are the only ones not being paid, when actually most civil servants in all the counties cannot be paid because the national Government is not releasing money on time. Finally, I want to send my condolences to the husband, family and friends of Mama Elizabeth Akala, who was kept at the maternity hospital in Kakamega for 14 hours---"
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