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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "know it, they are lost again in the same routes that you are blockading. That is why we have to provide all that in Clauses 9 to 20, the administration and improvement of this financing. Part 4 of the Bill, comprises Clause 21 to 26 which contains the financial provisions regulating the bank account for the facility improvement financing. These things have happened. I cannot remember which particular county it was but I know in my first days in the Senate, one of the petitions which a member of the public brought to the House around 2016 - Sen. Madzayo and those who were there will remember - that a County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of Health in that county was swiping resources and taking to their personal accounts. Given that when members of the public are unwell, they go to a hospital in their county; they expect that it has resources. If you are paying using cash or a pay bill number, you expect that it goes to the Country Revenue Fund (CRF) account. Unfortunately, the funds were lining the pockets of corrupt county officials. Therefore, Clause 21 to 26 speaks to how the funds will be regulated; what the bank account the funds will go to; the Authority of Incurring Expenditure (AIE) of issuing the expenditure for facility improvement, audit, overdraft and all the continuity up to the winding up for example if a facility is found not to be economically viable. The last part of the Bill, Part 5 has Clause 27 to 29 which contains miscellaneous provisions and includes transactional provisions, penalties and regulations. This is just the usual transitions and provisions and what happens to the available resources because this Bill will come midway through a financial year and many such matters. I hope that our colleagues will get the chance to contribute to this particular Bill and share their thoughts so that as we interact with the people of Turkana, we can explain to them what is about to happen in each of their health centers from the time this Bill is assented into law. Given that it is something that will be achieved while we are in one of the most marginalized counties in our Republic, it will be quite momentous and impressive of us as a Senate. Therefore, I urge hon. Senators to support this important Bill which will go a long way in improving our healthcare facilities in our counties and turn healthcare into a better managed function by our counties. With those many remarks, I beg to move and request the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Sen. Mandago, a former Governor who perhaps has far greater detail on some of the provisions, having served as a county Governor alongside the Speaker, to second this Bill. I thank you."
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