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    "id": 643305,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.K. Nyamai",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Members for their input and the serious deliberations that have taken place today and the other days, including during the Second Reading and when we started the Committee of the whole House. This is a very important Bill for the health sector in this country. We currently have a situation, as per the Constitution, where health services have been devolved to county governments. I would like to thank the House and the Departmental Committee on Health for exercising patience, reading through this Bill word for word, accepting to sit with the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Ministry of Health because the Bill is highly technical and we required a lot of support. I would like to thank the Members who proposed various amendments that have made this Bill better than it was. The amendments have also enabled us to think beyond the initial thinking of the Committee. For instance, the amendments that were proposed by Hon. Oner focus on emergency healthcare. It is important that Kenyans are given emergency healthcare. We have seen a lot happen in our hospitals. This is a Bill that we are proud of as a Committee. I would like to point out that this Bill will go to the Senate. I would like to call upon the Senators that when this Bill gets to them, they should give it the justice that it deserves because it has gone through wide consultations. Today is a happy day for the Departmental Committee on Health because we have pushed the Health Bill to finalization and incorporating our amendments that we worked so hard on. 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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