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    "id": 1032051,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1032051/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 827,
        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the debate on the Presidential Address to Parliament. I would like to thank the President for fulfilling his mandate required by the Constitution to address the Parliament and give his State of the Nation Address once in a year although this time it was delayed by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic itself is a real issue, which we are going through. We need to concentrate on it. The President has mentioned clearly what the Government is doing. Health being a devolved function, counties need to do more because all Kenyans live in the counties and we have the health facilities in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can remember when this pandemic was announced, counties went ahead and did supplementary budgets and channeled a lot of resources towards preparedness to handle this pandemic. In many counties like mine, development activities were set aside and most of the monies were channeled towards Covid-19 preparedness and emergency issues. The sad thing is that right now we are hearing that still counties are not prepared. Whenever these incidents occur in the counties, people have to be rushed to Nairobi or to other major facilities. That leaves us to wonder whether counties have capacity to handle this serious issue. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge the county governors to make sure that they provide the necessary facilities. Like today, we have been talking about the late Member of Parliament (MP) who passed away because he could not get oxygen at a county facility. That is what we are going through. I urge the governors that they need to take the lives of Kenyans seriously. They need to make sure that the funds are used properly. The Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which now after the four county pilot program is being rolled out, we need to check whether the counties have capacity to"
}