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    "id": 7140,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/7140/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Ny’ong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Therefore, the slow-down in work affected the hospital from only about midday to 6.00 p.m. on that day. The Kenyatta National Hospital was not the only parastatal that had not paid Phase II of the commuter allowance. As I have indicated above, funds released by the Treasury to pay the commuter allowances included allocation for three other parastatals under my Ministry. The Ministry did not wilfully allow the situation to degenerate into a full-fledged strike in the country. The Ministry sought funding from the Treasury to pay the allowances but the funds were not availed before the unionisable workers went on strike. However, as soon as they went on the go-slow strike, the matter was settled amicably. The workers signed a memorandum of understanding with us, and they went back to work as at 6.00 p.m. that day. In conclusion, I wish to request this august House to help the Ministry of Medical Services secure adequate funding to enable it to fully deliver health services to Kenyans as enshrined in the Constitution. A useful beginning could be the allocation of the 15 per cent of the country’s Budget to the health sector as required under the Abuja Declaration of 2001, to which the Republic of Kenya is a signatory. In this regard, I call upon Members of Parliament to support us in achieving this goal."
}