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    "id": 1015011,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "It is all bark and no bite. This is a huge undertaking by the county governments who have been funding it. Once you transform health in any society, you free up resources from the people to do other things. We expected to see a proper report. From the outset, in the absence of any serious recommendation, it will be remiss for me or any other Member of this House to allow such a Report to be a record of an investigation of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. This work must be done properly. As someone alluded, it seems as if the observations and everything going on went well, but something happened when it came to recommendations. Committees are not supposed to write poetry or stories, but according to our Standing Orders and the Constitution, are supposed to give far reaching recommendations. After eight months and Kshs11.6 million on trips - I have not spoken about allowances - the most you can say is that we are asking EACC to investigate. We should have said that on day one and saved this country and taxpayers’ a lot of money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is more than meets the eye. I would urge colleagues that this matter does not rest here. There are a number of things that still need to be looked into by a properly constituted forum of this House. There was a letter which I am sure has been received by your office, the Clerk’s office and the ad hoc Committee. I have no capacity to table it, but it responds to some of the issues raised in this Report. I was shocked. I have never seen something like this. Somebody admits that on 24th February, 2015 General Electric (GE) received a request for a US$1.4 million contribution to the Ministry of Health legal fee. Upon inquiry, GE was advised that the concept of donations, including the word of ‘donations’ was 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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