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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, we should thank this Committee for remaining steadfast on this very important investigation. Many of us, even then in Kitui, were skeptical that we would make some progress because of the big players involved. Just to inform you, because of the various interests, they have been spreading all sorts of rumours everywhere, which I shall not repeat here. More importantly, it would be unfortunate if we did not finish this work at least before we go on recess and table the report irrespective of the recommendations. Let us deal with it. Let us just deal with these cartels, once and for all. If these machines were working as anticipated, the problems that we have seen about COVID-19 pandemic would have been addressed in counties. Counties are largely unprepared for this pandemic yet we have spent billions of shillings on ICU facilities. I have never had so much faith in Senators like in Sen. Dullo and Sen. Wetangula to ensure that we do the right thing. I read a statement by Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa this morning. He said that it is quite unfortunate that counties are unprepared and this time of COVID-19 is the time to check whether it was the right thing to devolve health. We are hoping that we can show that the national Government should never procure for counties in the manner that they did. We have to prove that Gov. Ruto was right all along and the rest were wrong. We are counting on Sen. Dullo and Sen. Wetangula who are distinguished lawyers. They should tackle all the legal issues, whether it is breach of contract or whatever it be. There is nothing that we cannot handle. It is far much better than that case we lost in the International Criminal Court (ICC), where we ended up paying money because of negligence through the Attorney- General’s Office. The Attorney-General like Pontius Pilate has washed his hands on this matter two months down the line. I propose that we come earlier because the 4th is a Tuesday and we normally have one sitting every week. If they can, they should table their report during the previous week and give it to us to digest, so that when we come here, we will be armed to the teeth to deal with the cartels. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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