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    "id": 987963,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "agricultural inputs and tourism are so important for the welfare of the people and the situation we are in, yet the Committee had to make them understand. So, the National Treasury needs to be focused and look at the situation of the country today. Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the Committee for saying that more money needed to go into health particularly into institutions like Kenyatta National Hospital, which apart from all the other things that it is doing, is setting up a place where health workers will be taken care of. That is extremely important. We know that health workers are at a great risk of being infected. The Kenyatta University Teaching Hospital, which is now the main high-level treatment centre of the COVID-19 patients complete with an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), needs support. In addition, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and all the Level 5 hospitals that are being prepared for this pandemic, also need support. If you look at KEMRI, you will realise that they need more money. In fact, more than what they have got because they are at the forefront of fighting COVID-19, as we cannot get test kits due to the shortage all over the world. Therefore, if we can make ours, they will guide us in the progress that we are making. Hon. Speaker, I appreciate that the Committee ring-fenced money for COVID-19. This is how it should be because the issue of testing, put together with contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, is an expensive process. The purchase of PPEs is key for our frontline workers. We need the equipment in case our good efforts such as hand washing, social distancing and contact tracing do not flatten the curve. Even if we flatten the curve, we will need very high-level treatment that is expensive. Therefore, we need to prepare for that. There has been a bit of too much emphasis on ventilators. When we get to the next discussion, maybe, we will see that probably we do not need to go that direction. We can put a little preparation, but we need to look into other areas."
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