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    "id": 1019190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019190/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13180,
        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "I know Gov. Lenku, I know he is a governor who has been fighting to ensure that we have proper services. I know our CEC Esther Somoine will not heed to this kind of call. The Kajiado residents do not have much; the little they have cannot even serve them. I know that you will not be able to close these hospitals just because Gov. Oparanya has come out to say that they be closed. Probably Gov. Oparanya has some private entities that his Kakamega people can rely on. We would want the people of Kakamega to enjoy devolution as well and not have the hospitals closed. We know that even at times of war, you cannot close a hospital. This country is not at war. The revenue impasse is not something that should call for closing of hospitals. It is sad that they have started with the very sensitive area of life of hospitals instead of them saying the governors should lack salaries for this month, they wake to say wananchi should not have health services. I think this revenue allocation will happen. I believe in what happened in State House yesterday. It is sad that Gov. Oparanya himself was seated there as the commitments were being made. He should have told the President and the Right hon. Raila Odinga that they do not believe in the offer that was made. He should have told them and he should have said that they are not going to believe in it. I ask Kenyans to come out and demand for their services. These counties are supposed to give them services. The hospitals are supposed to have been devolved so that they are nearer. Come up and demand for them. Let us not have sideshows as such statements like the ones that were made by Gov. Oparanya. You cannot make a situation which is already worse, bad. This is because we already have a problem with the Revenue Sharing Formula. We have a problem from the National Treasury as to when they even give out the tranches that they are supposed to give. You cannot be saying that you will make it worse because that is not services to mwananchi. I think this was bad enough. Governor Oparanya should withdraw this statement immediately. The lives of all Kenyans depend on our hospitals. They not do not depend pronouncements from the Chair of CoG. I believe that there are sensible people out believe that lives are very important and they will not be able to---"
}