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    "id": 1015061,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me point out the issue of leasing versus direct purchase as far as the Committee’s position is concerned because MES was the contract for leasing. That is why the governors wanted the MES Project to be handled by them. They felt that leasing was more expensive and yet the equipment was not theirs. That is why we were comparing leasing and direct purchase. It is better to have even purchased that equipment directly than leasing them. Some of the equipment are not necessarily important for them to have been leased. That is the position of the Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, issues like equipment of Meru where Sen. Linturi is concerned, the equipment is lying in the Netherlands and yet his county is paying Kshs200 million per year. There are only three years left for the contract to expire. This is very wrong because we tried to interrogate the National Treasury and the Ministry of Health and asked them where this money was going and they were unable to explain to us. Heath Care Information Technology (HCIT) Lot 3 and 4 that was subject of variation to Kshs200 million has not taken off. Lot 3 and 4, up to now, the contract is not awarded and yet the money is deducted from the county governments. We asked the Ministry of Health and the National Treasury, where the money is but nobody could give us answers. I want to stop here. As far as the Committee is concerned, we have done our best. Even the National Assembly investigated the same. However, if you compare the Report of the National Assembly and the Report for the Senate, they are totally different. I do not see why Members should water down a report done by this Committee. We sacrificed our time and everything to write it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is up to the House. I believe if this House is going to kill it because that is where I am seeing it is heading then---"
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