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    "id": 1126979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thirdly, in the same breath, under Clause 4 (b), the most stinking scandal of the year is the Medical Equipment Leasing Project. This is not the first time that we are going to see this kind of a project coming up. So, I would imagine that we should have had disciplines from the Senate because this is probably their forte: That if in future, there would be a certain project like, we expect these disciplines to be followed in terms of procurement. I have watched the governors coming to answer questions on Medical Equipment Leasing Project in the Senate and all of them have said that they were forced to accept this equipment whether they were ready to use them or not. It is on record that more than half the counties that received these equipment do not use them because they do not have staff and are not prepared to use them. So, we are paying so much money every year but they are not being used. I hope that we can propose amendments that will ensure that in future, in case there is something like that happening, there are parameters, criteria and indicators on how best this can be done so that you give counties the money, let them lease on their own and let those who would want to buy to do so. There are those who would want to buy, to lease and others who have their priorities elsewhere. You do not ram down their throats and force them to accept radiology equipment and theatre equipment because you think they are necessary without having trained personnel. I also think that the Senate should provide that before this kind of ventures are gone into, counties must be consulted and they must agree. Therefore, there is no time when national Government will force anything on the county governments…"
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