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    "id": 1274077,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Column C, we still have a heading there called “Conditional Grant for Leasing of Medical Equipment.” I thought there was consensus that we should do away with this idea of leasing medical equipment. In the last Senate, we spent five years debating this idea of stopping conditional grants for leasing medical equipment. I do not know how it has again found its way back to this schedule. It has been a big rip-off to our counties. I thought it was going to go away with the previous administration. I hope something will be done so that this idea of giving this medical equipment to counties at exorbitant prices end. I have been against it. I do not support it and I will continue to oppose it because there is no value for money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I now want to address our governors. This money is now being released timely. So there can never be any excuses. The Governor of Bomet, Nairobi City and Nyamira counties cannot have any excuse now. They have received all the arrears up to June. I stand corrected and now withdraw the remarks I made about Kiambu County. I have since learned that even Nyamira County Government have seen it. They have received their share for July. The people of Nyamira County should know that Kshs453 million has hit the bank account of Nyamira County Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this money has not been sent to Nyamira or many other counties so that governors can walk around with huge sums of money doing harambees or completing their flats and whatever. Please, let our governors know that this money has been sent to counties so that we can have service delivered to the people who reside in our counties. We want drugs in hospitals."
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