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    "id": 787154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2256,
        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the word go, I oppose this Report. The issue of KNH is beyond some of the recommendations made by the Departmental Committee on Health. I had time to look at the Report. Going back to 1963 or thereabout, the first President of this country, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, talked about The Big Four agenda which, the current President - who happens to be his son - has also picked up. One of them was the fight against diseases which our President is currently talking about in terms of health. The issue of health has been talked about for a long time. The problems we have in KNH are huge which require the intervention of the President. It is only in KNH where you go for treatment for constipation and leave there without your brains. It is only in KNH where women go to give birth and leave the hospital with some abnormalities like the one we saw last week where the woman left with her intestines cut. There is a major problem in KNH. There is no substance in the Report which the Committee has brought before this House. For instance, the Committee recommends that the KNH board be disbanded. The board only sits four times a year. They sit quarterly. Such a recommendation is not proper. As much as health is devolved to the counties, there is still a problem. The KNH is no longer a teaching and referral hospital. It has become a health centre because everybody goes there. It was meant to be a referral hospital. There is need for the Government to look into the Level 5 hospitals in the 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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