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    "id": 868548,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "We all know health sector is in a crisis as results of nurses downing their tools. One of the four agenda of our Government is Universal Health Care (UHC). I am sure there will be more issues in terms of medical provisions and services that we will be called upon to deliberate. We, as the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, when we were looking at the crisis in the health sector, we realised that many of the counties have diverted money meant to pay nurses to other things. For example, they have used some of it to do roads and other activities at the expense of the health of the people of this country. I am sure this is an area that needs a lot of attention. For us to achieve universal health care in this country, we need to ease the burden of nurses. Currently, one nurse is attending to more than 800 patients per day. We need to do something to address problems bedevilling this sector. Maybe the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare can be strengthened through various ways. This morning, this Committee was accused of not taking its mandate seriously. I believe this Committee we"
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