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"speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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"content": "The KEMSA rate is about 47 per cent. For us to succeed, we must increase the rate in terms of drugs and equipment to 90 per cent. We are looking for a way to partner with financial institutions to support KEMSA so that the drugs go the distance. The last question was from the Member for Mathira, a very good friend of mine and an active Member. You talked about ICU. We increased the ICU coverage limit from Ksh4,000 to Ksh28,000. Under the defunct NHIF, ICU coverage was at zero. They were not paying for the ICU, surgeries or cancer. The maternity cover was very low. Kenyans enjoy more benefits under SHA which enables them to live a healthy life. SHA is meant to give us quality and affordable healthcare. Hon. Speaker, unless I have forgotten any question, I have answered most of them."
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"content": "Hon. KJ, you are out of order."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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"content": " I confirm to the House that I am neither a herbalist nor a doctor. Most of the Ministers we have had at the Ministry of Health are not doctors. The former President, the late Mwai Kibaki, was one of our best Ministers for Health. In the fifteen years I was in this House, apart from Dr Mailu and Dr Deborah Baraza, the rest were not doctors. I was not an environmentalist when I was the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry. I was not from the military when I was the Cabinet Secretary for Defence. The functions of the Cabinet Secretary are cut out; it is about policy direction and leadership. You asked me what we are going to do at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Just to wrap up, there will be track and trace. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is part of this super highway technology. We will ensure that no procured drug coming to the market in our country is counterfeit. I want the leadership of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to listen to me. It will not be business as usual."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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"content": "I want to give you a good example, Hon. Speaker. Why is maternal mortality rate very high in our country?"
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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Yes, KJ."
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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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"content": " The Cabinet Secretary has forged a Question and attempted to answer a Question that I did not ask. I asked about the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). The Cabinet Secretary is one of the initial proponents of the BETA programme. Kenya will make a massive investment in the Social Health Authority (SHA) programme. Will that money contribute to continuing the extractive economy that Kenya has suffered in importing medicines that Kenya would probably be able to manufacture? The Question was whether there is going to be a component assigned to research and development of locally produced or generic medicines out of all the investments that we will make as a country. They can be produced here to promote value addition and manufacturing. That will save us forex and contribute to our GDP rather than export this money to international pharmaceuticals. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "That is a different Question. It is not very much related to SHA. Our focus in SHA is how to increase the refill rate of KEMSA, which is a Government institution. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "I agree with you that we must empower our pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. This House has an obligation when dealing with the Finance Bill to increase duty on pharmaceutical products that come from outside. That way, we will protect local pharmaceutical companies. Give incentives for them to produce! From where I sit, I want to make sure that my chain is functioning—that the facility is right, the doctor is available, and drugs, mainly from KEMSA, are available. The days you could steal drugs from KEMSA and put them in a private hospital are gone. We followed up primary healthcare and Level 2 to Level 4 hospitals. During the defunct NHIF times, they only asked the facility you wanted to use in your locality. Now, you can be from Nyeri and fall sick in Garissa or Turkana. You will just go to the nearest primary healthcare facility because we have your data. We follow the patient and pay after the patient is treated, given drugs, and discharged. This system will make sure that even those who are contributing get value for their money. This will ensure there is pooling of resources from the lowest person who cannot pay to the highest who is able, that is, from the mama mboga paying Ksh300, the other person paying Ksh500, the one paying Ksh800, to the Members of Parliament who are paying more. When we pool these resources together, we cover the 80 per cent of citizens in our country that the NHIF did not cover. In my opinion that was a very colonial, private, elite salaried club. Members of Parliament and other leaders had many Harambees . So, we want to make sure that there is healthcare. Finally, if we sort out healthcare and education of our country, Kenya will move from a developing country to a developed one. The main indicator of prosperity of a nation is found in the health of its people. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Hon. Kawanjiku, the owner of the Question."
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