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    "id": 908719,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/908719/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": "As a Committee, we realised that there was some money, Kshs4.6billion to be precise, that was being put to UHC, but we have not yet seen the Report on the pilot projects in four counties that were done by the Government. So, we said that while we wait for the Report, Kshs4.6 billion should be channeled towards areas that we have been informed are in dire need of money. There was also Kshs4.3 billion for the Level 5 hospitals in the counties. We have reasons to believe that there is no proper structure to monitor the money that goes to the counties, so that we can know that the money that was allocated to improve Level 5 hospitals is given to the county and it implements it in that manner. We felt that until that has been assessed and the structures are in place, that money should also be put into areas that require money. We came up with a comprehensive list from blood transfusion to a hospital that has been dormant and not under construction for over 20 years that has a 300 bed capacity that can help us address the spinal injury hospital shortage of 30 beds. We have 300 beds that are sitting idle because the hospital has not been completed. We looked at so many areas and SAGAs that require money and we made recommendations to the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and his team. When they met our Chair, they approved the recommendations. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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