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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is kind of you to give me an opportunity to speak to this. I am sorry when the amendment was moved I was not in the House. At the outset, I would like to oppose the amendment as the Chair of the Committee and with reasons that the amendment is a duplication of what the Committee has already identified and prescribed recommendations to deal with. If you allow me, I want to do illustrations. If the Hon. Member goes to paragraph 248, it proposes the Report from the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) which will be received in the National Assembly after 14 days, which is this House. It is envisioned that any criminal culpability will be directly prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), while any security lapses exposed will be addressed by the management. Our Report has also identified errors in management of patients at the hospital leading to overcrowding and disorder in service to patients. Paragraphs 247, 260, 262 clearly demonstrate what is needed to cure this problem from enforcing the referral strategy to digitising records and improved services in the county-run hospitals. Already the financial status at the hospital which has been alluded to in the amendment has clearly been demonstrated in this Report in paragraphs 236 to 240 which have shown a deficit of funding at the hospital compounded by other matters including bill waivers and absconding patients. Hon. Speaker, paragraphs 264, 268, 271 and 272 have prescribed more funding from the Government of Kenya, audit of pending bills, ring-fencing of National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) reimbursements and building up of partnerships for more funding. On the status of equipment in the hospital, the hospital has already produced an inventory. I have it and I can table it in this House and a replacement plan for the period of 2017 to 2022. Our Report has already clearly stated under paragraph 221 that up to 45 per cent of the equipment at the hospital is obsolete. Paragraphs 216 to 220 and 222 details what the Committee observed during its visit with paragraph 254 recommending the National Treasury, Ministry of Health and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to jointly agree on the replacement plan. Paragraph 230 identifies the precise shortage of human resource personnel at the hospital. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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