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    "id": 1014722,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason I am raising these concerns is because the last chapter in this Report is on the recommendations which the Committee would like us to vote on. Therefore, the recommendations cannot be ambiguous and leave us with questions. For example, on page 61, the paragraph on whether this was direct purchase or lease of basic equipment is not answered. There is no recommendation on what this House should do about it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it possible that the Government entered into a euphemism of purchase and pretended that it was leasing? The question must be answered because I lease my printers and I only pay for consumables. The tragedy is that the Ministry itself drafted and has a list of purchase. Did this criminal enterprise get into a direct purchase disguised as leasing? Why do we call it a leasing contract? Why does the Committee pose a question which they do not answer? Who is supposed to answer that question? That is the concern that I have. This Report is well authored, but the conclusions appear to be disjointed from the body. Let me just give you a highlight of what the Committee says on pages 22 and 249. The Committee identifies this is a leasing contract where you are supposed to buy high end equipment for a short period of time. In the end, you return the equipment if you do not need it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question that has not been addressed is what happens after the seven-year lease? Do we return this equipment now that we have placed it in our hospitals? Do we buy it? What do we do? When we are praising Mombasa for doing a good job, what happens after the seven-year contract? Do we transfer the same? As you show me the red light, I was given 15 minutes."
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