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    "content": "enhanced. Where we have done this, the revenue has increased tremendously. We have learnt good reasons and we shall do that. Dr. Nuh raised very important issues. One of them is about essential drugs. We are recommending to KEMSA that we should move rapidly towards contract manufacturing for essential drugs, so that we are self-reliant. We do not have to do these things every year leading to shortages. I hope that will be implemented. Along with that, a call in this House that KEMSA should be capitalized is essential. We, indeed, have gone ahead and the Board has prepared a Bill that will make it possible for the Treasury to capitalise KEMSA, so that the money goes there directly and they can procure drugs and non-pharmaceuticals in good time. I agree with my friend, hon. Elmi, that telemedicine is important tool that we must use, especially in such distant areas as the ASAL regions in northern Kenya. This is one of the planks in our policy and our ICT Department is working very hard towards this and the roll out must be done soon. In that regard, pastoralists and others should be allowed to contribute to National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) in kind, so that livestock can be capitalized and can be used as contribution to the NHIF. The Catholic Church does it very well in its micro-credit facilities and we should do it. I agree with Ms. Ndeti that we need, indeed, to rehabilitate our district hospitals. That process is going on, but it requires a lot of budgetary allocation from the Government and donor support. Finally, I would like, through you, to request that this House doth approve a gross total of Kshs32,583,754,893 for Vote 11 for the Ministry of Medical Services. Of this amount requested, Kshs25,629,898,713 will go towards supporting the Recurrent Expenditure while Kshs6,953,874,170 will go towards Development Expenditure. With those remarks, I beg to move."
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