{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=141668","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=141666","results":[{"id":1433081,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433081/?format=json","text_counter":351,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suna East, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Junet Mohamed","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I do not want to believe that the health function is devolved. If we are giving the State Department for Medical Services Ksh102 billion and State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards Ksh28 billion, which is a total of Ksh130 billion, how are we, as a country, still claiming that health function is devolved? Why is this money being kept in Nairobi, when we know that the health function is devolved? A sum of Ksh30 billion is enough to run the State Department for Medical Services. If this is money for the big men and women in Nairobi, then let us just agree that Parliament is passing this money for them. Otherwise, why should we keep Ksh130 billion in Nairobi, when the health function is fully devolved in the Constitution. That is why doctors, medical officers and clinical personnel are striking because we are re-directing their money to something else. Let us reduce this budget to Ksh20 billion or Ksh30 billion and devolve the money to the counties. People who need medical services are in the counties and not in Nairobi. Why do you want Afya House to have Ksh130 billion, when counties like Kiambu and Murang'a are only getting Ksh2 billion for health services?"},{"id":1433082,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433082/?format=json","text_counter":352,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Thank you. Member for Mandera North."},{"id":1433083,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433083/?format=json","text_counter":353,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mandera North, UDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Major (Rtd.) Abdullahi Sheikh","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The sum allocated to the State Department for Medical Services is Ksh102 billion. We all know that the health function is devolved. I cannot remember the last time the Ministry of Health did infrastructure development or something in the counties. It was before devolution. Why will this money be at the headquarters, when we know that health services are also devolved? Is there an issue or certain aspects whereby this money will help each constituency, in terms of health facilities? If that is the case, we will have no problem. However, there are no provisions for that. I am sure the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health is sitting here and he understands that. We do not have any money allocated or helping us in the constituencies for health services from the Ministry of Health. If the constituencies require something, they get the money from the county governments. We need this money to go down to all the constituencies. Thank you."},{"id":1433084,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433084/?format=json","text_counter":354,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Member for Thika Town. If you do not want to contribute to this Vote, kindly remove your card from the intervention, so that we can give other Members a chance."},{"id":1433085,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433085/?format=json","text_counter":355,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Thika Town, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a","speaker":null,"content":" I do not want to contribute to this Vote. Let me remove my card from the intervention. Thank you."},{"id":1433086,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433086/?format=json","text_counter":356,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Thank you. Member for Mogotio. 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."},{"id":1433087,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433087/?format=json","text_counter":357,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mogotio, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kiborek Reuben","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health, and a part of those who sat to discuss the budget for State Department for Medical Services. It is fair to let Hon. Junet Mohamed know that the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) which sits in national Government is part of this budget. Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) which procures drugs to give to counties, sits in national Government. Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH), Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) sit in the national Government. The professional bodies which deal with health services, including Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, sit in the national Government. Before my brother, Hon. Junet, says the funds should be reduced to Ksh30 billion or so, he should ask where that money goes to, in terms of services?"},{"id":1433088,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433088/?format=json","text_counter":358,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Hon. Farah."},{"id":1433089,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433089/?format=json","text_counter":359,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dadaab, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we have a problem in this country. We complain about money being wasted through corruption at the centre. The little that we take to the periphery is also being misused in a manner that you cannot imagine. I remember when the fellow who is seated next to me, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, was the Director of Medical Services, we were much better off. Can we have a kind of a middle ground? The only way we can stop this wastage is not to choose between two ills or evils, but to create a national health management service or a commission. It will take care of health services like in the United Kingdom (UK), which has the National Health Service (NHS)."},{"id":1433090,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433090/?format=json","text_counter":360,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"}]}