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    "id": 910973,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/910973/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "In fact, now that this is a budget cycle, the national Government must by now have carried out a survey as to how much we require on the average to put in the supply of medicines for the year to serve the people of Kenya. That money should be put directly in the account of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Once that that is done, KEMSA is then held responsible for regularly and routinely importing good quality medicine and encouraging local manufacturing of good quality medicine that are available to all hospitals from the national referral hospitals down to the clinics in the villages. Third, then the counties are obligated when they order medicine to pay for what KEMSA already has in the budget. So, they are only replenishing the accounts of KEMSA that already has money to bring medicine from India, Germany and wherever. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, fourth, the Controller of Budget (CoB) and this House through this law, will ensure that even if a county has run out of their recurrent expenditure for purchase of drugs, it will not be a reason to deny them receiving drugs to treat and save the people of Kenya from any ailments. Then the CoB supported by this House, where a county has mismanaged and run short of money, will direct that the money being released to the county is creamed off and paid to KEMSA to make sure KEMSA does not run out of money to supply drugs continuously for the cycle to keep Kenyans healthy. That way, we will help the people of Kenya. I agree with the proposal of the Bill that we must also re-organise and re-arrange the Board of KEMSA so that counties are represented. We have directors who are nominated by the Council of Governors (CoG), persons of ability, probity and upright standing, who will also protect the interests of the people of this country. Once we re-arrange the Board of Directors, then, it follows that even the management of KEMSA must be responsive to this re-arrangement, so that we do not have a situation where you have a management at KEMSA that thinks they are alpha and"
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