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    "id": 1044361,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1044361/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "Never forget the issue of the Committee on Health discussing the absence of a Level 5 Hospital in Uasin Gishu. We have followed it up. We are proud that the hospital is about to be completed. Those were advices on the ground because Senate committees dispersed to various corners of the county and pointed out some of the issues we need to be doing as a county. It is my plea to the Committee that I strongly support because it was the same SBC that came up with those agendas, that if COVID-19 is managed, we should even go to the counties twice a year. It is possible because we are going to use facilities on the ground. We left out Busia narrowly. That is the county of the most senior Senator we have here. There was high competition among counties to host. Therefore, it will be important for us to move around. My plea is that the SBC allows us two or more visits outside this Senate. That way, we will get to know the country. Some people talk of northern Kenya but they have never stepped there. It is important that we have a session in parts of northern Kenya; whether Garissa, Mandera, or Marsabit. When I was serving in the East African Community (EAC), I visited Marsabit and Mandera for the first time and forever it changed the way I thought about the country. That is what made me love this country because we are diverse. Therefore, we must also learn to embrace one another and know the challenges that each corner of the country has. I support the people on this list for continuity purposes. I urge them to look at what is in our in-tray because it is full and we must deal with in a timely manner. I also encourage the Chairs of committees to fast-track the agendas before them. There are many who still have pending reports. Some have petitions that have not been completed. This is our last stretch and we must leave a mark. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I would like to congratulate the lawyers in the House for the great win we had last week. They did it pro bono . I am told we did not even pay for their tea. With your kind heart, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope you will find a way of giving them ‘tea’. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., put a statement that--- I do not understand Kiswahili very well but he said that an empty--- something---"
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