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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the good Statement by the good Senator for Nandi County. He is good once in while, like today. On the issue of the state of health in Nandi County, he has highlighted the most important issues. In places like Nandi and other cruel counties, poor people go to the hospitals in the counties, then, after being diagnosed with any kind of disease, they are asked to go to a chemist to buy drugs. It has become a trend that is constantly manifesting in our counties. I would, therefore, be curious to see if the Committee can go further and discern the people who own those chemists apart from establishing the people who send people to those chemists. This is because we want to understand the structure of contracts that they have with the District Hospitals, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 hospitals to the extent that they have become constant customers to those hospitals. Additionally, in that Statement, I will be curious to see if the relevant Committee can also look at the status of the national Government health workers who are working in the counties. This is with regards to how they are taken care of. They should establish if there are some people who are national Government health workers but are in counties doing the national Government functions despite the fact that health care is devolved? Is it possible that those people are doing national Government functions, but they end up being paid by the county officials? Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Nairobi City County, we do know that we have about five national health facilities and 164 County health facilities. However, Nairobi City County Government is still pressed to pay those national workers who are working in those national facilities. That is the same thing happening to your great County of Kilifi as well as Mombasa County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know that the health inspectors in Mombasa County are actually national Government workers, but the County resources are being used to take care of them. This is also happening in places like Migori County and all the border counties like Busia where we have health inspection workers. Those health workers come to work in the counties, but the national Government does not take care of these issues. My last point is very important, but I will say it on a light note. I am surprised that my brother, Sen. Cherarkey, is crying over medical equipment yet the good Committee on Finance and Budget arrested the mischief that was happening in National Treasury. This is where, Kshs5.6 billion medical equipment services money was supposed to be put in Division of Revenue Act (DORA) that the Senate has just passed. It was a placement error and the Senate was not able to arrest it but the Committee arrested that error. I urge this Senate, to do Amendments and give the good friend of mine from Nandi that Kshs5.6 billion to take to his County for medical equipment. He"
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