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    "id": 915845,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/915845/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13348,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
        "slug": "hassan-oda-hulufo-2"
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    "content": "I would like to make a few comments on Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital because it is a very special hospital. It is the only referral hospital that caters for people with mental challenges, including convicts and those charged in law courts and their mental state is probably not okay for them to be tried. Unfortunately, according to the Report, it happens to be the most neglected national referral hospital. It is very unfortunate that from the Report, it has indicated that the budget allocation to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital has been on the decline. For instance, in the financial year that is about to end compared to the previous one, its budget was reduced from Kshs143 million to Kshs93 million. To make it worse, the allocation for drugs was reduced from Kshs17 million to Kshs2.6 million. This is happening in a situation where the department of Correctional Services which takes in mental patients and are in their custody, have no provision in their budget to cater for their drugs. This is also the only hospital that helps us to rehabilitate active drug addicts. Therefore, I strongly support the recommendation of making Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital and the Spinal Injury Referral Hospital autonomous referral hospitals preferably not through Executive Orders, but through an Act of Parliament so that they can have independent boards and CEO."
}