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    "id": 1299402,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Eldoret, I had an engagement with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) my brother, Mr. Wilson Arwasa. He is doing a tremendous job and the quality of service is very good. Nandi County is the biggest beneficiary. The health system in Kapsabet Referral Hospital in Nandi County has collapsed. The only things they are giving out are for reproductive health. They do not give out anything else. Most of the time, we end up ambulating most of our patients to MTRH. Dr. Arwasa has done a lot. They have a programme where they waive some of the bills that most poor Kenyans cannot afford. I challenge colleagues that even as we bill on MTRH, we can only ease pressure through you, Madam Temporary Speaker and Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, by ensuring that the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referral Hospital in Kisumu County is functional. We need to ensure we get proper funding so that we can ease the pressure on MTRH. Makueni County needs to ease pressure on KNH and Coast General Hospital too. We must have at least 10 referral hospitals to ease the demand. Since I know that Sen. Kavindu Muthama’s people are beneficiaries of the KNH, we can ensure that Machakos County gets a referral hospital going into the future. We need to ensure we have proper funding. I commit to the House and beg my colleagues--- Madam Temporary Speaker, before I forget since I have about five minutes, you led us when we had the Devolution Conference in Eldoret. You saw the hospitality of the people of Eldoret and the hotels there. They are two or three stars. We might not have five-star hotels, but they shall work around it. However, Members were comfortable. I met the Senate Minority Leader around Eldoret deepening and widening the devolution agenda. He was comfortable with the hospitality of that area. I appeal that we should give Eldoret a chance. Let us get Busia, Kilifi, Bondo, Kapsabet, Makueni and Wote coming. I saw a story about Thwake Dam. We need to finish this dam, so that we can ensure Wote becomes a city because of the constant water supply. With those many remarks, I thank the committee and your office for facilitating them. Let us make Eldoret a city of champions. I support the Motion."
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