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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alfred Keter",
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        "legal_name": "Alfred Kiptoo Keter",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. When you said Hon. Kiptoo, I was wondering who that Member is. At the outset, I oppose this Motion based on the issues as addressed by the Departmental Committee on Health. The challenges that are facing our referral hospitals are enormous. This Report is generalising on issues. If I mention a few, they talked about security. In an organisation like KNH, when you make a proposal to the extent that you need the services of the Inspector General of Police to run the security system there, it is going to become impossible. I believe every organisation or parastatal like KNH should have their private security so that when they have issues that are beyond their capacity to handle, then they should report to the already established police stations. The KNH has one station. This Report is very shallow. The challenges that our referral hospitals are facing are known to most Kenyans because the right to life is enshrined in the Bill of Rights. We must, as a Parliament, support the systems so that we allow Kenyans to access the medical health facilities and they can be safe. When you visit the KNH premises, you will wonder. Structures there were established way back, I think 25 years, before some of us were born and we are now serving our second term as Members of Parliament. It is very unfortunate. I happen to have gone to KNH in 2015 when there was a patient that I was supporting because she could not have an operation due to lack of fees. I went round and I could not believe what I saw. The KNH needs a complete overhaul in terms of the facilities, equipment and even the human resource. As it has been said by most Members, our nurses, clinical doctors, laboratory personnel and every individual who is working is so demoralised in terms of how they are paid their allowances and salaries. In general, their remuneration is pathetic. Most of them have resorted to opening private clinic facilities so that they can get better pay at the expense of most Kenyans. The KNH, like many other referral hospitals, has a law regulating the number of nurses and doctors but most of them are not in these hospitals most of the times. This Report is so shallow. This is not a Report that you prepare in two weeks then come back and say that you want to sack so-and-so and replace them with so-and-so. I like the way the other Members have supported the issue of the board. The issue of KNH is an eye opener. It shows us the challenges that most hospitals face in Kenya, be it referral hospitals, district hospitals and many other 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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