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    "speaker_name": "Sen Wamatangi",
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    "content": "hospitals, how would they be evacuated? We have been there sometimes back and seen that the major means of transport is by boat should one want to exit to the mainland. Having spoken about that, I wonder even as we say that it is better to have health re-taken over by the national Government, I do not know whether we would talk about that as a solution. It is probably a comparison between evil and a lesser evil. Looking at some of the reports that we have such as the MES report, if the stories going around in the country about children being stolen and interchanged in hospitals, patients detained in hospitals--- I do not know whether, since I was away, you gave this House an opportunity to speak about the threat posed to this country by the Corona Virus. I have been asking myself even the way we have handled the threat of this virus to this country, have we acted correctly? If other countries like Japan and Taiwan have taken the kind of measures that they have taken and yet knowing that we have so many Chinese going in and out of China, have we acted correctly in dealing with the threat that Kenyans are exposed to? Lastly, let me acknowledge that the national Government may likely do a better job. I would want to tell governors because, remember that there was an incident in Nyeri County when the Othaya Teaching and Referral Hospital was taken over by Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). There was a lot of outcry with some people thinking that the Governor there and the administration made a big mistake by allowing the hospital to be taken over by KNH. Indeed, I can confirm that in Kiambu, what we are pursuing and what I am seeking is to have some of the hospitals collaborating with Kenyatta University such as Gatundu and others so that we can have better health services. I think that as I speak to this matter, we have to encourage governors to think out of the ordinary and ensure that they can enhance health services at the local level. In my own county and in many counties, you will find patients with contagious diseases sharing beds with people who have mild ailments like a simple cough or a common cold. We have to deal with this in a different way. I want to support the Senator and say that health is something that we must re- look at as the Senate. Thank you."
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