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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me start by thanking Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing this very important Bill, which will definitely have a profound effect on the way we conduct community health business in the counties. I am happy that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. reminded me about the meeting that we had last week. Let me just inform him that we had the Principal Secretary (PS) with us this morning. We brought up the issues to do with community health and non-state actors with her, and issues came up. There were some funny Innovations for Poverty Action (IPAs) that were signed between governors and the Ministry giving back functions to the national Government that were county functions. We reminded the PS that health is a devolved function. We must ensure that anything that is done in the counties has the approval of the people and the county assembly. We have agreed that we will do things in the right way going forward. In as far as this Bill is concerned, I would have preferred that the Committee on Health gives its input before the debate, but, unfortunately, we had a little bit of delay and the debate continued, but my Committee has gone through the Bill with a tooth comb. We have looked at it critically and have been guided by the Constitution, existing laws and policy. We have come up with amendments that I am sure will be enriching to this very important Bill. We want to ensure that the amendments come in to help steer this beautiful Bill from the pitfalls that it might face. I am talking about pitfalls like---Sen. Omogeni informed us that it is a strain to the counties. We want to see how best we can 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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