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    "content": "anybody; it is the same. As the good old saying goes, all cats are grey in the dark. We must make sure that we look after old people and give them a decent sunset in their lives. If at our level we are given medical cover and so on, this must go down. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, this House must address the issue of healthcare in this country. My distinguished colleague, the Senate Majority Leader, you need to convince the national Government to agree to bring a Bill to this House or even administratively. Even if healthcare is devolved the way it is, let the national Government at the very minimum build a national hospital in every county to support people. People are dying like nobody’s business. In the villages, people go to hospital to die because there is no medicine and the standard of regulation of the quality of medicine is gone. Instead of some governors buying medicine from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), they are buying from fraudulent traders, bringing them counterfeits, expired drugs, ineffective drugs and people are dying. We urge the national Government, under the Articles of the Constitution – I think it is Article 6, cooperation and collaboration between the two levels of Government must The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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