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    "id": 1014827,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "The debate by this House on MES has been long. We have debated this, as Sen. M. Kajwang’ has said for a long time and none of these issues has happened or started to the exclusion and knowledge of the Senate. I want to acknowledge that alongside Sen. M. Kajwang’ when we were serving in the Public Accounts Committee we went around the country, inspecting the equipment in every hospital. We went to Samburu, Eldoret, I noticed in the report that there is a column where the Committee has noted that indeed, in the County of Mombasa where we visited that they give them a thumbs up for having made good use of this equipment, put it to proper utilization, thus set an example. As said by Members in their contributions earlier, this was a good project, a good idea but handled wrongly. I want to say a few words especially on the process of implementation of this project. This is where we got it wrong. We must say loudly that at no other time in the future should we allow public funds to be put to use in a hurry. The kind of haste that was witnessed when this project was conceptualized, the equipment distributed and the lack of inclusion in the discussion--- For example, what does Article 96 of the Constitution mean to this House or to the country if in such a project of such magnitude the Senate does not include them. Why were Senators not asked when the project was being conceptualized? Hon. Senators asked the Committee to give a report based on the oversight role of this House bestowed upon it by the Constitution. When the project was being conceptualized, probably that report would have guided on how this equipment was to be distributed to counties."
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