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    "id": 1101958,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "These functions cannot be implemented without funds. When it comes to funds, there are no two options; funds have to be disbursed as fast as yesterday. We must all remember that the Senate is about county governments and ensuring that services reach the common man. This cannot happen if money is not there. It is clear so that the Kenya Government was part of the State parties that signed the Abuja Declaration and the Maputo Declaration. These two declarations are very important in ensuring that farmers are able to do their work and be boosted in their activities. When money is sent to counties, it is the onus of the county governments to ensure that they are doing something to motivate farmers. It is also the onus of county governments to ensure that health centres are up to date. I want to insist that when it comes to health, we have no two options because our health is important. I want to give an instance of what I have seen in the county government. In my county walks in my constituency, when I visited Lumakanda Hospital, which is a Level III hospital--- It is unfortunate that when you go to Lumakanda Hospital, there are no drugs and the maternity wing is not equipped. Sometimes patients share beds and this should not happen in a country that is a signatory to the two declarations. County governments have a mandate to ensure that they are fulfilling the constitutional requirements. Another mandate that I have seen county governments not fulfilling, and I have seen this in Kakamega--- In Kakamega, I have visited different wards. I have been to Lumakanda, Mautuma and Lugari wards and seen that there are still schools that are made of mud. You find that the walls are erected from mud and the floor is carpeted with cow dung. This should not happen in a situation where money is being taken to county governments. It is important that money is taken to county governments, but there is need to oversight and ensure that county governments are carrying out their mandate. As a resident and leader in Lugari, I am not happy about the situation as I see it in Lugari, where there are some schools made of mud. It is my desire that all schools in Lugari should be made of stone; permanent structures. If they are not permanent structures, it will have an impact on the learners. In some schools where the structures are not made of concrete stone, you will find that children have jiggers. We must avoid such an eventuality. It is a pity that when I walk to Lumakanda Hospital, I see mothers going through a harrowing moments when it comes to delivery services. This is something that must be corrected, and I want to see it corrected in Lugari. County governments know very well that they have a duty to encourage farmers, especially in a place like Lugari that produces maize. There is need for county governments to ensure that they are motivating farmers in all parts of the country, so that they are encouraged to farm. Some farmers are even abdicating their roles of farming simply because sometimes they plant their maize, but do not have a place to take it. The county government should ensure that farmers have an exit plan for their maize, just to encourage them. As I was walking through Mautuma, I saw that there were some roads that were impassable. This has an effect on transportation. I saw the problems that boda boda riders"
}