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    "id": 639398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 590,
        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "There is a lot of focus if you look at the conditional grants on health. You will find Kshs 4.1 billion for free maternal health care, Kshs4.5 billion for leasing of medical equipment, Kshs 4 billion for Level 5 hospitals and Kshs 9 million for foregone user fees. What attracts my attention is Kshs200 million for access to emergency care. There is a specialised purpose grant supporting specialised medical access of Kshs200 million. Emergency healthcare is a constitutional right that is provided for each and every person in this country. This provision of Kshs200 million only covers Lamu and Tana River counties. It is said that they border Somalia and are vulnerable to terror attacks, security threats and humanitarian crises. We have seen Garissa being attacked by terrorists. We also saw the centre of Nairobi being attacked. If we want to provide for emergency medical care, we should provide it across the board. I am not saying that it should be taken away from Tana River or Lamu but a provision should be made. Even in debating the Health Bill we have been agonising here how to bring into effect the provision of the Constitution and the right that is given to every citizen for emergency health care and yet we know that it is provided many times by private practitioners and they are not going to do this for free. So, this should become a provision that is guaranteed for the entire country. If you look at the areas that have been put as national interest provisions, you will find that the National Youth Service (NYS) is one of them. How does NYS, again, feature with Kshs17 billion in our Budget? Are we even now creating an even bigger cash cow for campaigns next year? If we are looking at the youth as an area of national interest it cannot be NYS. I do not think this House should sit 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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