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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to reply to this Bill on Health. It is very clear that when Members were contributing to the Health Bill, 2015, about six issues came up. One of them was the need to maintain regulation of health professionals, health products and their technologies. Hon. Members have been talking about that, even if health is a devolved function, there is need to regulate professionals, professional products and their technologies. From Hon. Members’ contributions, it is clear that there is need to effectively mobilize financial resources for uninterrupted access to quality health services countrywide. If you look at the way Members have been contributing, they are aware of the Abuja Convention. This is where a spending goal of 15 per cent of the country’s GDP was put to health sector. We are far from it. According to our data, the total spending in the Financial Year 2012/2013 was 6.8 per cent. That is the highest and we are still very far from achieving the Abuja Convention commitment. There is that need for looking for all sectors to effectively mobilize our financial resources because this will ensure there is uninterrupted access to quality health services. As Hon. Members were proposing, there is also need to harmonise the issue of procurement and management of health services to curb cases of corruption, especially at the county level. We have heard of hiring of ambulances. There is need to harmonise procurement services, maintain product quality assurance and control because, we cannot compromise quality of health. There is also need to regulate the industry, especially on the issue of traditional medicine for purposes of safety and to avoid tampering with documentation, which may result to potential gains being lost. Finally, Hon. Members have talked about the right of a person to file a complaint on the manner one is treated, either in a private or a public health facility. This has been put in the Bill. Therefore, I would like to end by saying that the relevant committee of this House should see what Members have said in their contribution, consolidate it through the Committee Stage and bring the necessary amendments that will improve this Bill. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
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