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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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"content": "Unfortunately, the two Senators making the loudest consultations have just made their presentations and we listened to them. I wish that they could listen to us as well. I said that I will address myself to two issues, the issue of health and the issue of tenders to young people. The health situation in Kitui County is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We have a supposedly Level Five hospital that does not function. It has got nothing functioning including the staff. Madam Deputy Speaker, I have been thinking over this issue. I am thinking of approaching the Senate Committee on Health to begin a conversation on whether it is viable to have the County Government of Kitui sign a deal of transfer on the health function because clearly, the Governor and her officers are unable to manage the health situation in Kitui County. I have heard Sen. Malalah talk about tenders given to multimillionaires at the expense of young people. I had a case in my county three years ago where a tender for clearance of bushes was given to young people to execute, but the money was paid to contractors and the contractors went away with the money. Three years down the line, the young people who are only demanding Kshs5,000 or Kshs6,000 have not been paid their money. Madam Deputy Speaker, this corruption is not just about governors who are preparing to leave office in their second term. In fact, it is a lot more pronounced among governors who are trying to accumulate wealth to run for a re-election. I stand on the Floor of this House to say that as we pursue the possibility of reverting the health"
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