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    "id": 910965,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for an opportunity to second this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you recall in the last Parliament when we were sitting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre ( KICC ), you as the Senate Majority Leader, attempted to bring a Bill to amend the KEMSA Act. We all thought the intentions were suspicious and clouded in what we did not quite understand. Today, this Bill comes in as a milestone in trying to further the management of the health sector in the country. The foundation of this Bill in the Constitution can be traced in Article 6(2). It says: “The governments at the national and county levels are distinct and interdependent and shall conduct their mutual relations on the basis of consultation and cooperation. Nothing is as important to the people of this country apart from provision of food, as provision of health. In this country, the provision of health, which is more that 90 per cent, devolved has been left to the vagaries of free market, mismanagement, underfunding, and, above all, endless labour disputes. The causalities to this are the innocent people of Kenya. If you go to the villages, in a radius of 20 kilometres, a leader will be obligated to attend an average of 10 different funerals on a Saturday. People are dying of very preventable ailments. Hospitals are being run in a manner that is devoid of quality. The procurement and supply of drugs for even simple ailments that can be handled like waterborne diseases and some easily communicable diseases, has become a nightmare. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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