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    "id": 759037,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759037/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyoro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13370,
        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "I have gone through the Paper and I have to say we have to build a lot of capacity, especially when we talk about our public hospitals and dispensaries. My proposal would be that we are here elected as Members of Parliament but, most of the people we represent in this House cannot afford healthcare in private facilities. It is good to note that most of the Members of Parliament and people working in high positions in the Government, even when they have a cold, they find it more convenient to visit private facilities. Maybe with time, we may have to consider ourselves to lead by example so that we can start frequenting those public facilities, so that even when we talk about healthcare in our country, we will be talking from the perspective of where the majority of Kenyans go to seek healthcare. Maybe we should start as Members of Parliament, and possibly have it as a policy that, even as we seek healthcare, we first seek it from our public facilities where the people we represent attend. Also in terms of facilities, I believe that it is opportune and good that we start establishing hubs that are specialised. Maybe we can go county by county, where the national government may develop a facility to deal with specific challenges that face our people. We could have a full-fledged renal unit in a certain county and elevate it to the highest level of a facility we could have nationally. That would help us in many facets, especially in RND where we have people who are specialising and they only do that one thing. We could also develop the capacity of people who work in those facilities. It is good to note that our Government has done a lot in terms of the welfare of our people. We will be having, possibly, elderly people being facilitated in terms of their NHIF cards from January. It is good that we note as Members of Parliament that even by using our NG-CDF 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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