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    "id": 1161367,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "they are not sure that if something goes wrong in terms of their health, they will get quality and affordable healthcare. Unless we fix healthcare, our people will remain unhappy, desperate and unable to access quality healthcare. That is why the framers of the 2010 Constitution saw it fit that health should be devolved, so that our county governments can give accessible healthcare to our people. However, that is not the case. Just the other day, the world was given a report on the happiest countries in the world. One of the happiest countries is Finland, led by one of the youngest presidents in the world, a 34-year-old woman. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am happy that you are occupying that Chair as I am making these remarks. She is 34 years old, but the statistics that have been released show that the Finnish people are one of the happiest people in the world. One of the indicators that is used to measure the happiness of people in a nation is access to quality and affordable healthcare. If our county governments cannot wake up to this reality, they will continue dragging the country backwards. We will never attain this status. It is a shame that even Uganda that spent more than 15 years in war is ranked ahead of us. That is not what we want to see from our governors. Look at what has come to the fore from this Report. A simple thing like having a payroll system is lacking in our counties, and yet, we are talking of counties that have been in place for the last nine years. If this was an audit carried out in the Financial Year 2013/2014, we could have excused the governors. How can it be that nine years after the onset of devolution, we still have counties that cannot have a good payroll system? It is very unfortunate. Speaking for my own county, we are surviving on the goodwill of our neighbouring county. Most of the people I represent, when they have serious health issues, seek healthcare from either Litein Hospital in Kericho County or go to Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County. This means that my Governor and his predecessor - may God rest his soul - the late hon. Nyangarama, have not been able to respond to the needs of the people of Nyamira in terms of healthcare. You can imagine with the poverty levels that our people have; they have to travel all those kilometers in search of quality healthcare. It is very sad. I hope that the bodies that have been tasked with fighting corruption will do something. We need to see heads rolling. After all, what was the purpose of us creating independent commissions that are well resourced year-in, year-out? In a few weeks’ time, we will go through the Budget cycle. In a few weeks’ time, we will be going through the budget cycle. We will allocate more money to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA). However, we are not seeing any action. We want to see action. Unless we tackle corruption, we will never attain progress and development for our nation. As I make these remarks I fully identify with the agenda of the Azimio la Umoja Presidential candidate, Rt. hon. Raila Odinga, who has given a personal undertaking of fighting corruption in this country. The other day we had reports from the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC) and what we are seeing today is"
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