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    "content": "can get commitment from the Treasury that money will be availed. They should not wait for July, September or October to go the newspapers to advertise for a company to supply drugs, when Kenyans are suffering. I think something ought to be done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second thing is about funding systems within the Government. When we put Kenyans who are sick at the mercy of donors, we are committing a very grave mistake. We have several other departments of other Ministries, put them under donor funding so that when donors fail, then something happens, but not something terrible to happen within the Ministry of Medical Services, that is very essential. How will we perform with a workforce that is terribly sick and cannot attend office 24 days in a month? How would we expect to reap into a growing economy when we cannot attend to our sick personnel and we would want to cry that the ARVs and medication are in short supply just because donors have failed to honor their commitment? I think that should be addressed and Treasury should think of channeling the funds from the Government, which we are quite sure will come in some way to Ministries which are essential, like the Ministry of Medical Services. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third and final thing I would want to talk about is donor commitment. I think this goes a long way on how we negotiate with donor partners. It is we, Kenyans, and the Ministry specifically who know which drugs are essential and how much quantity is needed. But when a donor comes and says that he will supply Malaraquin in tonnes and millions and they go and rot in Government dispensaries and health centres at the end of the day, when other essential drugs are out of supply, are we really doing due diligence? Will we just allow donors to support any entity of their wish, even when we know very well that there is another sector or critical aspect within the Ministry of Medical Services that is in dire need? Even though we are borrowing and begging, we ought to demand that sometimes we live to direct what needs to be supported. If our good friends would want to support us, they ought to do so in a way that will make us happy and not in a way that would make them happy and make us paupers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I wish to support this Motion."
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