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    "id": 913331,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Ministry of Health is getting more than Kshs92 billion. It is a huge amount of money and, as you are aware, we have the Managed Equipment Service Programme, which has been ongoing. If you move around many of the health facilities, it is actually a disappointment. You remember the President launching ICU and High Dependency Unit in Machakos Level 5 Hospital and up to today it is not operational. Patients who should be admitted in ICU in Machakos Level 5 Hospital are still being referred to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), almost two or three years down the line. There are many other things. If you also look at line items, you are talking of promotive health care, which is a function of county governments. So, we really have to know whether the Ministry has the capacity at the Ministry Headquarters to do promotive healthcare and whether that money is actually going to the right course. These are the issues that the Committee needs to come out very clearly and address this House. This is because when we appropriate money and the money is not making the serious impact which it should make down there, then it becomes a concern. 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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