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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, we must fix the referral system to make sure that the entire chain of our medical facilities is working. It cannot be that we only focus with the big hospitals yet the small ones do not have medicine, doctors and personnel. We must look at the primary healthcare providers. We have thousands of community health volunteers in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, back then when I grew up in Ngara, there would be someone who would come every so often to find out the state of health. There were community health volunteers who were taken care of and had a stipend. However, today, community health volunteers across this country are not able to get a small allowance to move around yet they are the ones who will tell you that in a particular part of Nairobi, there is a particular ailment or epidemic that might be coming. This is because prevention is ultimately better than cure. There is a matter that must be looked at carefully. The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) will play a big role together with the health practitioners and other agencies in the medical area to make sure that Patient Information Management System 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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