{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=141669","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=141667","results":[{"id":1433091,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433091/?format=json","text_counter":361,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dadaab, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker":null,"content":"Let us have an independent body which is run by professionals who are in the medicine field. A doctor takes the Hippocratic Oath and worries about saving lives. It does not matter what part of the world he comes from. He can come from the most capitalist country, but he will take care of that body. Let us change this and not choose between two evils. We have a serious problem in the provision of health services at the county level today. The only way we can do it is to get away from the centre and create a national health commission that will take care of us."},{"id":1433092,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433092/?format=json","text_counter":362,"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. Hon. Dan Mwashako."},{"id":1433093,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433093/?format=json","text_counter":363,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Wundanyi, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Danson Mwashako","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I stand to support this allocation while agreeing with Members that, as a country, we must make a decision on how much money should remain in the centre and how much should go to devolved governments. This is to ensure that we offer the best services to our people. The number of referral hospitals in this country is too small. We only have Kenyatta National Hospital, the Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. We need to have more referral hospitals: one in the Coast region and another in the North Eastern region so that our people can continue getting specialised services when required."},{"id":1433094,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433094/?format=json","text_counter":364,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Hon. Elachi."},{"id":1433095,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433095/?format=json","text_counter":365,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dagoretti North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Beatrice Elachi","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. We support while having our concerns as women. We have removed Linda Mama even if the allocation has increased. We need to know whether the money from Linda Mama is part of the seed money for SHIF to assist women access the services they had under that programme. We 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":1433096,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433096/?format=json","text_counter":366,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dagoretti North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Beatrice Elachi","speaker":null,"content":"should also get a way to factor in our children through the same programme because EduAfya is no longer active. They should get into SHIF to assist them when they fall sick at school. There is also maternal, child and adolescent health. We talk about adolescents, but we do not say how the ministry will help them. It leaves it so vague. The problem is not the figure; it is how the services have been coded. We do not understand which code will go to SHIF and how much the seed money is. I do not think any Kenyan would have an issue with this Budget if that was indicated."},{"id":1433097,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433097/?format=json","text_counter":367,"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. Hon. Jematiah."},{"id":1433098,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433098/?format=json","text_counter":368,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Baringo County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jematiah Sergon","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I would like to add my voice to this debate on the health sector. The monies that we have allocated to medical services is quite a huge amount. As most Members have said, most services in our hospitals and health centres are deteriorating. Programmes like Linda Mama were affected because of the shift to SHIF. In my view, those monies are always appropriated depending on the needs. As much as national referral hospitals need money, we should also consider the lowest health facilities in the pyramid. Most of this allocation should be directed there. As we discuss this, we should keep in mind that the need is dire at low levels than at the national level. Institutions at the national level get money all the time."},{"id":1433099,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433099/?format=json","text_counter":369,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Chairlady","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health."},{"id":1433100,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433100/?format=json","text_counter":370,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Endebess, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Fourth Schedule of our Constitution gives the national Government all the national referral facilities and policy. This Budget takes care of all referral facilities, including Mathari Hospital, that is a special mental hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital and the National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital. There are other institutions like the National Cancer Institute of Kenya, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). All that budget is catered for here. It means Members are not referring to the Constitution when they say that health is devolved fully because the Constitution clearly defines devolved functions and those at the national level. The allocated Ksh102 billion is inadequate for adequate services in those institutions. I have heard the concerns raised by Members. Among them is Linda Mama . It has been taken care of in this Budget. Recently, we had a shortage of vaccines in the country because we have not paid our counterpart funding. It is paid quarterly, and it amounts to about Ksh2.5 billion. That money has also been factored in this Budget. The Budget has taken care of the provision of vaccines within the country, that are normally procured centrally and distributed countrywide because those are donor-funded programmes. There are also other programmes like drugs for HIV/AIDS that are centrally organised through this Budget. The Budget is inadequate to meet those demands. With those few remarks, I support."}]}