Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 784679,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/784679/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 208,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1804,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
        "slug": "patrick-mweu-musimba"
    },
    "content": "As we look at this Report, which I support, let us bear in mind the effort that the Committee has put in this inquiry and note the record short time it has taken to table its Report. We must commend and support it. We should look for a holistic way of supporting KNH not only to make it a model hospital for Kenya, but also a model hospital for Africa and, indeed, the world. What do we want? We want to help our region. The Kenyan populace remains at the helm of leadership of the greater Great Lakes Region. The human capital quotient is, indeed, the strongest and the most powerful thing that drives the social economic development of a nation. Hon. Kimunya will tell you that we were thinking of having a caucus of Vision 2030 as health is one of the pillars of the Vision 2030. We commend the President for having ably focused on it and put it under his big four development agenda, which include universal health care. However, universal health care must not be pegged on one’s ability to pay. You are a Kenyan. If we can set aside a levy for building roads, why not do the same for health care? What comes before the other? Is it infrastructure or health? We say that our health is our wealth without a shudder of doubt. When someone falls sick, it is the country that suffers. When we lose a professor or an artisan who is a master builder, it is the country that loses that person. It is for us to urgently say that we are not going to look at one’s ability to pay money on a month-to-month basis, but it is up to the nation to pronounce itself and say that for all the 45 million Kenyans, it does not matter, they will be treated whatever their condition is, so that we can focus on the preventive aspect of telling people how to live a healthy lifestyle or how to live in a health way and what to eat. We should address the fundamental issue. When we were growing up, there were charts all over our schools which showed us how to brush and maintain our teeth, and how to keep our personal hygiene because it was monumental for the health of the nation. Many years later, we stand here to commend the work that had been done foundationally from 1963 to encourage the wellbeing of our people. So, let us say that 45 million Kenyans should not be asked for money. It is not someone’s fault to fall sick. There is no one who wakes up in the morning and says that he wants to fall sick. Everybody wakes up in the morning hoping to go and contribute to the wellness of this great Republic."
}