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    "id": 989627,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989627/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "This relates to the ring-fencing of appropriations that the great people of this country should note that are sacrifices from Hon. Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the Senate. The bigger chunk, as I said in the morning, of almost Kshs2.3 billion is coming from the National Assembly that we have sacrificed from our own budget to go towards the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. As we said in our report, we wanted this money ring-fenced to ensure that it goes specifically to cater for some of the issues that you heard the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health spoke about in terms of ensuring that there are enough Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for our frontline health workers in the hospitals that are dealing with COVID- 19 related matters. Hon. Chairman, the monies appropriated in the Second Schedule in respect of Vote R1081 (Ministry of Health), under Programme 0405000 (Health Policy, Standards and Regulations), shall be earmarked for COVID-19 pandemic interventions, and shall be ring-fenced as follows: (a) Kenyatta National Hospital and Mbagathi Hospital - Kshs600,000,000. These are some of the first hospitals that were designated as isolation and treatment centres for COVID-19 patients. We want to ensure they have adequate testing kits and PPEs for our frontline health workers. (b) Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital will receive Kshs500,000,000."
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