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    "id": 1014730,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to make my contribution on this Report because it is good work done by our colleagues. I had the opportunity to listen to the presentation from the Committee itself and now reactions form colleague Senators, after reading it. First of all, I commend our colleagues who served in this Committee for work well done. I have misgivings and areas that I consider fatal to it I will later speak about. However, before I get there, I wish to take time to appreciate that not many Committees of this House go to the depth of issues as this particular Committee on leased medical equipment did. They have brought to light various issues that Kenyans have asked themselves over the last five or six years about this scandal. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I say this with a lot of nostalgia because one time in the year 2015 as a young man going about my duties, there was a function in Kericho County. Amongst the dignitaries who came to grace the occasion that day were colleague Senators and some of them are still Members here. They had come to do what most of us do on every other weekend, perform our social welfare duties as citizens of this Republic and speak about one or two things that affect our society. There was a general heated debate across the country about governors who had refused some equipment to be given to counties. At that time, I thought it is a donation because I was not a keen follower of the things that were happening. However, as fate would have it, 10 or 11 months down the line, I found myself in this House and I began to understand the challenges that our county governments were facing. There was a lot of misinformation about why many governors were refusing to append their signatures on these contracts. I am glad that this Report indicts all the 46 first term governors and leaves out Gov. Isaac Rutto who refused to sign. This is because the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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