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    "id": 920327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 611,
        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I assure the Members who contributed to this Bill and noted several issues that I have taken note and that I welcome amendments. This will ensure that we enrich the procurement and medical supplies to our counties. My colleagues have noted that the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), in consultation with the counties, should identify needs for supplies for many health facilities in each county. This is meant to avoid oversupply and overstretching of the small county health budgets. KEMSA should always make sure that they identify the needs, as per the counties and the health facilities, so that they do not just procure medical supplies. One Senator also noted that there should be a clause in the amendment on penalties for any persons who flout the procurement regulations. This refers to flouting regulations in terms of the quality of drugs procured, payment delays, or even the supplies that are not delivered. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also a comment and recommendation that KEMSA should be alive to the emerging illnesses in the country, such as cancer, kidney problems and mental health cases. In the procurement process and manufacturing, they should also be alive to the drugs needed in these cases. The other comment from a colleagues is that KEMSA, in consultation with counties and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, should make sure that they look at the standards of drugs in manufacturing, and also in terms of delivery. This will ensure that we avoid the situation we see today, of expired drugs in our counties and those that are not of good standards. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also a recommendation that the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Amendment) Act should also be aligned to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board Act. This is so that both of them can strengthen procurement and supplies of standard drugs to counties. This Bill was meant to align the KEMSA Bill to the new Constitution to make sure that KEMSA is serving counties."
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