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    "id": 1186134,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "At this early opportunity, I will state that the lease of these medical equipment has been subject to certain conditions. It has been perceived as though even if the allocation and the assignment of this fund has been put on paper, counties tend to feel that the deduction is done at source. Therefore, they lose the control of what kind of equipment they need to have at the counties. I believe this framework was set by the previous Government. There is room to improve the framework within which this medical equipment should now be leased to counties. The Kenya Kwanza coalition campaigned on the platform of improved healthcare for all Kenyans. The Bill as presented today clearly shows there is an affirmation towards contributing and solidifying this promise to Kenyans. I believe the House is committed on both sides to pass the Bill. We call upon the county governments to hold discussions with the national Government on the best way to have the leased equipment. This Bill gives the framework and introduces a legal platform within which these negotiations can be done and discussed. This is so that counties are allowed to participate in the decisions that bring the leased equipment into their respective counties. Madan Temporary Speaker, the additional resources have also targeted the construction of county headquarters and like many of the Senators have said, there are counties that have not constructed a headquarter 10 years after they came into existence. I believe that counties now have a challenge as they look at this new Bill; the Bill on County Governments Additional Allocations No. 2 of 2022, to find the need to have every county housed within a headquarter, to have sufficient facility for their governors and speakers. When that is done, we can check on the expenditure of every county. It will also ensure that the counties have expenditure patterns that are responsible, transparent and makes commercial sense."
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