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    "id": 1014922,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1014922/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
        "slug": "rose-nyamunga-ogendo"
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    "content": "with county governments, we formed some small governments within the national Government. This country has 47 governments. The people running the county governments are grownups. They have been charged with a lot of responsibility. First of all, the governors have never raised any issue to do with MES. It is here in the Senate where we have kept on asking ourselves questions about it. This is not the first time that we, as a Senate, struggle to get answers on behalf of the governors. For example, if it came to the point of the amount of money that should go to the county governments, it was us. Even if it is our responsibility, the county governments should also give us a push so that when we are struggling to get more resources for them, they should have an input in it. When we were doing so, they were the first ones to run and leave us on the table trying to negotiate for them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if it is a matter of putting up buildings to install the equipment that had been negotiated and brought to county governments, it is the responsibility of the governors to put up the buildings. If it is a matter of three phase, you cannot tell me that a whole governor cannot even within a matter of days look for three phase and install wherever it is requited. At the same time, you cannot tell us that a whole governor can stay for three or four years without drilling a borehole. A borehole cost like Kshs1 million or Kshs3 million depending on where it is being drilled. Sometimes we fight battles which are not ours. We want to babysit some of these governors. In my own county, the equipment is working because our governor put everything in place for it to be operational. It is not the national Government to train medical technicians to operate the equipment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should always be careful and put blame where it is. Yes, they do a policy. They say that we need better equipment and improve our county health facilities. This is a very big problem in this nation. It is a very big struggle for each and every county to run medical facilities in a manner that citizens get help whenever they need it. I cannot support this Report on one simple thing. What was the origin? What was the intention of coming up with it? There was an intention to bring it to us. What was the underlying intention? Some of those questions should be answered so that we understand the intention behind it. For how long are we going to be fighting battles for the governors? For how long are we going to babysit them when they should be taking their responsibilities? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you so much for giving me this opportunity."
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