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    "id": 1371289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang'wa",
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    "content": "Deputy President, they should be calling conferences to call those governors who are not executing their mandate when it comes to health issues at the county level. The Deputy President was right. There are billions of monies for emergencies at the county level. Ask me, I will tell you about Kiambu County which has Kshs65 million as an emergency fund. They put Kshs30 million in the previous year and Kshs35 million this year. They have even brought a supplementary budget to increase it to Kshs50 million because they want to help people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, instead of the CoG saying there is no money, they should put those governors to account what they have done with the emergency fund. For example, Kiambu County has Kshs65 million. What have they done with it? Stop giving chicken, potato vines and whatever else they are giving just to entice people. Instead, turn that money to the emergencies and help our people. Our people right now do not require chicken. They require good roads to pass. Our people right now need the floods be mitigated. We want to see the drainage systems opened so that the flood water can leave their houses. Otherwise, they will float with their chicken. I wish the CoG would be calling the press conferences to address these issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other day, the President launched the kits for Community Health Promoters (CHP). In this report, I would wish that CHPs are involved in running affairs of every county hospital. They should be the contact persons. Baby Travis's father or mother or whoever was present when that accident happened, could have called a CHP immediately. Maybe that person will have the contacts of the nearest facility or know a certain doctor whom he can call to inform that they meet at Thika Level 5 Hospital and explain that they have a casualty. If these people are utilized well, they will help a great deal. In Kiambu County, we have another issue of hyenas attacking our people. Within this week, we are going to bury the remains of a boy who was mauled by hyenas at a place called Witeithie. This is the 20th or 22nd person to be mauled by hyenas. Some of them have gone with injuries to hospitals and some have died while receiving treatment. This is what I am trying to say. You realize there is a problem if you cannot call it an emergency and work around with other departments to get rid of hyenas. What are you doing in that office? It is very sad because that child is the son of a former Member of the County Assembly (MCA) of that area called Witeithie Ward. I used to work with him when I was an MCA. It has taken the efforts of the area Member of Parliament (MP) and the residents of Witeithie to walk around with pangas to hunt hyenas. Imagine in this era we are talking about Kiambu and Witeithie, which is just in proximity to Juja and Thika. Our people are crying about these issues and nobody is listening to them. This is a matter of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). However, when it comes to health, those people who have been attacked and taken to the hospital do not get the medical attention or medicine for such injuries. As I conclude, when governors appear before the committees, we only ask them about issues that about the mandate of that Committee yet there are other issues."
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