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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kigen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 44,
        "legal_name": "Luka Kipkorir Kigen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for noticing me. I want to thank the Minister and her staff for the good work that they are doing at the moment by addressing this very important aspect of human health. I have in mind to commend her particularly for what she was able to do when we, in Rongai, had a very serious problem. There was a lorry that was involved in a road accident and which occasioned loss of more than 100 people. The role that Ministry played by consoling and assisting those who survived cannot go unnoticed. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ministry so much for the role they played at that time in the form of assistance and consoling people. As I say this, I have a few concerns I wish to raise, particularly in respect to the many health facilities we have developed through the use of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Across constituencies, we have built many structures, including dispensaries. We have even improved on the existing health centres. However, one thing that has come out very clearly is that if these facilities were properly equipped with qualified staff, we would be achieving the purpose for which those facilities were developed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to request the Minister and her staff to look carefully at the number of facilities that we have developed not just in my constituency but the whole country because I believe it is happening all over. She should ensure that the people get value for the money that we have put in the development of those structures. This should be done by sending enough staff to those facilities. There are so many of these health facilities, particularly dispensaries. In some dispensaries, we have put everything in place. You will find that sometimes, we have one nurse and in some cases, we do not have even one. This is an area I would request the Ministry to look into carefully. Second is the issue of drugs. The drugs that we get from time to time--- I want to commend the Ministry for the efforts they are making but there is one big problem. In areas where there is no supervision, the very officers you have employed and sent to man the health facilities have become the problem by stealing drugs and selling them to private pharmacists. This is something that you need to look into by way of improving on supervision. With those few remarks, I want to commend the Ministry. I support this vote."
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