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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I confirm that I have tried from morning and my card is not working. But first and foremost, I want to thank you for allowing us as Members to meet and giving us a conducive environment at this special time. I also take this opportunity to thank the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations for doing such a good job. I also hope that this is a chance that the Ministry officials, especially the accounting officers, will take the lead and see what they need to do for the main Budget. My Committee met and I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations because they had to wait for me to first meet with the Principal Secretary. By the time they made their presentation, what we expected was not there. It is good for this House to know that the budget for health was reduced by almost Kshs12 billion. We are all fighting COVID-19 and the Budget and Appropriations Committee has supported that with Kshs3 billion from Parliament. We thank Parliament for doing that. Those issues were not covered at all. Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal alluded to a project that the Ministry had put in the Supplementary Budget which was worth Kshs1.4 billion. Basically, we had not passed that project in the House. It was not urgent, but in the same institution that they wanted to run that project, we have a hospital that has a capacity of 600 beds. However, they are only operating with 300 beds. So, we made a decision as a Committee and made a proposal to reallocate that money to various institutions, namely Kenyatta University Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital. We have a shortage of staff. We also have a new hospital called Othaya Hospital that will help this nation in the fight against COVID-19, especially looking at new isolation centres once it is complete."
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