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    "id": 1110322,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1110322/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "I did a Paper which I presented before the then Minister of Health, Prof. Anyang’- Nyong’o who later became the Senator of Kisumu and is currently a governor. That Paper is widely cited. I do not want to praise myself but it is one of the most widely cited Papers within the health sector. This is because at that point in time most of the health workers who were represented in that meeting were pushing for the health service commission which was then in a draft Health Bill that was supposed to be presented in this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, unfortunately, I made a conclusion in that Paper that if you look at the constitutional structure of Kenya in so far as devolution is concerned, it is very clear in Schedule II of the Constitution that functions have been divided between the National and county governments and the function of health has been largely devolved and county governments given the greatest duty to deliver the health function at the county level. This includes all the healthcare facilities in the county except the national referral hospitals that are managed by the National Government. These healthcare institutions at the county is not just equipping the institutions but also the human resource element in the county. Article 232 of our Constitution which talks about public service provides that the county government shall have its own County"
}