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    "content": "We want to point out that the Ministry should look at the cost-sharing funds. This is because the collection has not been captured in this Budget. We cannot assume that the collection from cost-sharing cannot be factored in this Budget so that we can provide for it. Therefore, it is important that the Ministry factors the cost-sharing funds into this Budget. These are the many challenges faced by the Ministry. In as much as the Ministry has very good ideas on what should be done to change the scenario in the health sector that rests with the Treasury, we urge the Government to look at the way the funds are allocated so that we improve on service delivery rather than talk about it. With regard to the Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs), we are depending too much on donor funds and yet this is our responsibility. It can no longer be a donor issue. If we get donor fatigue, this country will have a problem. When the Minister made a request for Kshs1.1 billion, he was given Kshs903 million. It should not surprise Kenyans when many eligible people do not access the ARVs. In conclusion, the Committee appreciates the Minister and his staff for highlighting some of these issues when we required them to come before the Committee. On behalf of the Committee, I want to recognise Parliament, the Budget Office, the Speaker, the Clerk of the National Assembly and all those who supported the Committee to arrive at the issues we have raised. I commend this Committee for its participation in the discussion on the Vote of the Ministry of Medical Services. With those remarks, I support the allocation to the Ministry of Medical Services."
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