{"id":9768,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/9768/?format=json","text_counter":181,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ms. Karua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":166,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari Karua","slug":"martha-karua"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that the Assistant Minister has admitted that the cost of keeping a patient for a long period is almost five times more than the cost of some of those metal plates, could he consider having a policy of bulk- buying these implants to not only alleviate the suffering of these accident victims but also free the many hospital beds countrywide – not just in Kerugoya District Hospital but in every district hospital in this country – to be used by other patients?"}