{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=248","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=246","results":[{"id":2461,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2461/?format=json","text_counter":152,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Very well. Member for Lagdera, do you want to supplement that request?"},{"id":2462,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2462/?format=json","text_counter":153,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Farah","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":"Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In supplementing that request, I want the Minister to also address the issue of the agreement that was done at an African Union (AU) Conference by AU Heads of States. They were going to dedicate a minimum of 15 per cent of ordinary revenue from every government to the health sector. Currently, our dedication is only a paltry 6 per cent. If that, indeed, is also going to happen in this budget for us to get close to realizing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Nos.4, 5 and 6. In addition to that, the Ministry had a system before that all the doctors who served in marginal areas or very difficult areas would only serve for three years before they qualified for specialization scholarships from the Government. The Government has since frozen all scholarships to doctors. The Assistant Minister can clarify that and also give a commitment that that will be reinstated because a nation which is not learning and more so in the health sector, is a nation that is in peril. Finally, why is it that we are unable to execute or operationalise the National Health Insurance Scheme which is universal? Why is the Government having a parallel one which is more like a private one? He is supposed to target the upper scale civil servants, which, essentially, in our opinion, is driven by other considerations including the desire to make some money out of Kenyans. These are the three areas I would like the Assistant Minister to address. In addition to it, I also have a petition which they told me that I must take to the Speaker although it has already been taken."},{"id":2463,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2463/?format=json","text_counter":154,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Order, the Member for Lagdera! A petition has already been filed. You are just supplementing that petition. Mr. Assistant Minister, you have kept notes of all of those issues. Will you, please, ensure that you acquaint yourself with the petition as was tabled by Dr. Monda? In addition to the issues raised by the petition, cover the issues raised by the Member for Mutito and the Member for Lagdera. You have said that you are on top of things. I want to, indeed, believe that you are. Note that the House has taken you very seriously. So, you must ensure that you prepare well. Burn the midnight oil and come properly equipped to respond to all those issues. You will do that tomorrow afternoon!"},{"id":2464,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2464/?format=json","text_counter":155,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kambi","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Medical Services","speaker":{"id":39,"legal_name":"Samuel Kazungu Kambi","slug":"samuel-kambi"},"content":" Most obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir."},{"id":2465,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2465/?format=json","text_counter":156,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Is there any other requests? That then brings us to the end of Order No.7. Hon. Members, you will notice that we are well into Prime Minister’s Time now. However, the Right hon. Prime Minister wrote a letter to the National Assembly to state that he is away, today at short notice, on official Government business. So, we have to be accommodative and defer any business that would have arisen under the Prime Minister’s Time to Wednesday, next week. It is so directed."},{"id":2466,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2466/?format=json","text_counter":157,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. C. Kilonzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":46,"legal_name":"Charles Mutavi Kilonzo","slug":"charles-kilonzo"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, so that we are comfortable, I know that it was kind for him to write the letter. However, the practice has been that his two Deputies can come and conduct the Prime Minister’s Time. Is he confirming from now onwards, that when he is not there, there will be no representation by the two Deputies which is something that will be against the Standing Orders?"},{"id":2467,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2467/?format=json","text_counter":158,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Very well! Hon. Members, with respect with the matter raised by the Member for Yatta, I confirm that there is substance in that except that I have given directions on the matter previously. I have interpreted Standing Order No.40 in a previous direction, from the Chair, that the Right hon. Prime Minister does not have to issue a Statement every Wednesday because it is not mandatory. The word used in Standing Order No.40 is “may”. I have interpreted that before to the satisfaction of the House. So, that disposes of Order No.7. Next order!"},{"id":2468,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2468/?format=json","text_counter":159,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"PROCEDURAL MOTION"},{"id":2469,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2469/?format=json","text_counter":160,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO SELECT COMMITTEES"},{"id":2470,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2470/?format=json","text_counter":161,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":96,"legal_name":"Johnson Nduya Muthama","slug":"johnson-muthama"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order No.159 and 176, the following Members be appointed to serve in the Select Committees stated here below:- (i) Transport, Public Works and Housing Committee - hon. Walter Nyambati, MP. (ii) Speaker’s Committee - hon. Yusuf Hassan Abdi, MP, to replace Hon. Manson Nyamweya, MP, who has since been appointed an Assistant Minister. Hon. Nyambati served in this Committee previously and he has been given back that position. I want to assure hon. Yusuf and hon. Nyambati that additional positions will be on the way coming. I have already started negations with Members who hold more than five Committees. I have written letters to them and they have, willingly, accepted to give up some of the positions. I beg to move."}]}