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    "id": 1242892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to make my comment on this Petition. When I served in the National Assembly in the 12th Parliament, a similar Petition came, but the petitioner was the University Academic Staff Union (UASU). The Petition went to the Health Committee. It was exhaustively handled there. Later on, it went to the Implementation Committee, where I served as the Vice- Chairperson. I have quite a lot of information about this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very simple matter that the Government can address. The institution, in this case, KUTRRH, was initially funded by the Government. They then got funding from other donors. However, the Government then decided to set up a parastatal through a legal notice, where they appointed the board and made it look as if it was independent from the University. If you look at the reports done by the National Assembly, it was very clear that the hospital should be taken back to the University. I am giving this background information, so that the Committee that will look at this can also get an opportunity to look at the reports that were done by the National Assembly to inform the decision that needs to be taken. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important that the hospital reverts to the university as initially envisaged, instead of running independent of the university and appearing to be denying the students the opportunity to use the facilities. I support the Petition."
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