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    "id": 1029521,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1029521/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
        "slug": "getrude-musuruve-inimah"
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    "content": "I personally went to Kakamega County and donated a lot of face masks to people in my area of Lugari. However, I realized that even if you donate masks, people keep then in the pockets instead of wearing them. There is need for us to engage health workers in the counties to raise awareness. County Governments should bring health workers on board who can go door to door sensitizing people on the COVID-19 to ensure that people get the message right. Sometimes people ignore messages from county governments. Kakamega County has had a lot of plusses with regards to roads and health centres. The few selected health centres that have been brought on the Floor of the Senate is not reason enough to state that the County government of Kakamega should surrender their county hospital to the National Government. That statement is not well meaning because health is a devolved function. We have to ensure that health function is fully devolved so that the common man can receives services at the grassroots level. Our mandate as a Senate is to ensure that there is service delivery to wananchi by improving county hospitals so that mwananchi can access them. If we allow national Government to control health sector in this country, we will be abdicating our roles as Senators. Our mandated to protect the interest of the county governments---"
}