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    "id": 1134167,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this report. As the Senate, we have a mandate to ensure that we defend and support counties because that is where Kenyans are. We must defend Wanjiku. Even as we talk about this, I want to articulate something that I am seeing in Lugari where I come from. Some schools are in a deplorable state. You will find that some schools are constructed using mud. In this time and era, we should not have such schools. Kenya is developed. When you compare Kenya to other countries, you will find that the development that Kenya has is far above that. I paid a courtesy call to a district hospital in Lumakanda where I come from and I was perturbed to find that the beds were in a deplorable state. Even the nurses and doctors there did not have quarters to live in. When you are talking about health, it is a devolved function and money needs to go to counties. When money goes to the counties, the county governors and executives must use the money prudently. They must use the money to ensure that wananchi get services. It is painful to go to a district hospital and find that there are no drugs and even the masks or gloves are not there. We need to ensure that the money that goes to the counties is a good amount, which should be used in a prudent way so that Kenyans can have value for their money. Kenyans have a right to a share of the cake of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is need for county governments to ensure that they are developing schools, especially Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) centres. There are schools that have been neglected in many county governments. In Lugari, I was pained because I found that there are some schools without ECDE centres. Even those with ECDE centres, some of them do not have abolition blocks. Some of them have children with special needs, but they are just caged in a room and there is no infrastructure for them. We must be alive to the fact that every Kenyan matters whether you are a Person with Disability (PwD) or you come from a marginalised community or a poor family; you must get your basic rights as enshrined in Article 43 of our Constitution. We are talking about matters water. I want to be candid on the Floor of this House that some rural places do not have water. Imagine the importance of water. Without water you cannot live. You cannot wash your clothes or prepare food for the children. Water is life, but it is unfortunate and painful that there are some counties that do not have water. Even in Lugari where I come from, boreholes have not been sunk. It is the onus of this Senate to ensure that boreholes are sank in every county. It is a socioeconomic right that is enshrined in Article 43 of the Constitution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is also a right that all Kenyans must have the highest attainable standards of health. It is unfortunate that sometimes women go to give birth and there is no one to help them. The facilities are not there. County governments must ensure that when it comes to health, they train trainers of trainers who will go to"
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