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    "content": "Development Fund (NGCDF); Kshs.2.1 billion for Affirmative Action for Social Development; Kshs.6 billion for Equalization Fund; Kshs.7.9 billion for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC); Kshs.7.3 billion for elderly persons; Kshs.1.5 billion for those with disabilities; Kshs.0.4 billion for street families rehabilitation; Kshs.400 million for Children Welfare Society; and Kshs.400 million for Presidential Secondary School Bursary Scheme. Further, I have set aside Kshs.6.0 billion for the final phase of resettling the IDPs and for the Restorative Justice. Hon. Speaker, I now move to the quality and accessibility of health care services for all Kenyans. The Government recognizes that investment in quality healthcare services is essential in developing a healthy population with higher productivity for sustainable economic growth. In partnership with county governments, we have equipped most hospitals in the country with specialized state of the art healthcare equipment through leasing. These include modern theater equipment, surgical and sterilization equipment, laboratory equipment, kidney dialysis equipment, ICU facilities, digital X-ray machines and ultra sound and imaging equipment. In addition, our policy objective of preventive healthcare programme, aimed at eradicating infant and maternal mortality, has achieved significant progress. The free maternal service has been a success with the number of deaths of children under the age of five declining from 100,000 in 2013 to 70,000 currently while mortality for mothers giving birth has declined from 6,000 in 2013 to 4,300 currently. One health care worker in a public hospital noted: “Overall, I can say that free maternity service is doing a good job. For example, we used to have so many mothers crowded in the maternity world because they were waiting to clear the bills but, nowadays, they deliver and go home depending on the mode of delivery. If normal delivery, they stay in the facility for 24 hours, if caesarean section we discharge them on the 3rd post-operative day, so, we never have mothers overcrowded in the department like we used to. This has eased the pressure on the healthcare workers.” Hon. Speaker, again, as Dr. Kimuu noted: “Before the programme, many mothers would be detained at health facilities because they were unable to raise the maternity fees being charged at a public institutions, but this has now changed.” These are some of the growing tributes to the free maternity programme. In the Financial year 2016/2017 Budget, to further support the programme, I have allocated Kshs.4.3 billion for Free Maternity Healthcare. To further support the Managed Equipment Services and scale-up the supply of specialized medical equipment to hospitals, I have allocated Kshs.4.5 billion for lease of medical equipment. Other allocations that I have proposed in this sector include Kshs.8.8 billion for Kenyatta National Hospital; Kshs.5.8 billion for Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital; Kshs1.7 billion for Kenya Medical Research Institute; Kshs3.0 billion for Doctors/Clinical Officers/Nurses internship programme; Kshs0.6 billion for the National AIDS Control Council; Kshs0.9 billion for Free Primary HealthCare (Removal of 10-20 Policy); Kshs0.7 billion for the Slum Clinics Upgrading Programme (Portable Clinics); Kshs0.5 billion for Health Insurance Subsidy Programme (Elderly & Disabled); Kshs1.3 billion for the rollout of universal health coverage; and Kshs3.5 billion for Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC). Access to clean and affordable water is indispensable for eliminating the burden of disease. For this reason, the Government will continue to invest in clean water supply and put in place measures to control floods and harvest rain water as well as to protect and conserve the environment thus connecting over one million additional Kenyans to safe drinking water. In order to mitigate the impact of climate change, Hon. Speaker, the Government will continue to mainstream climate change measures into its projects and programmes. We shall 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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