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    "id": 1393736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for your indulgence. I want to make brief comments on the request for Statement by Sen. Orwoba on the bed capacity at Mama Lucy Hospital. Indeed, as part of my oversight work, I have visited all the Level Five county hospitals. The situation at Mama Lucy is quite dire. I wanted to inform this House that we have got some serious support from the Standing Committee on Health, very ably chaired by the Senator of Uasin Gishu County - Sen. Mandago. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, this Committee has helped us so much to reach a resolution to expand the county’s capacity to treat Nairobians by reaching an agreement with the national Government to hand back Mama Margaret Kenyatta Hospital in Korogocho. It is most disheartening that when I visited Mama Lucy Hospital on 1st February, 2024, I was informed that the county has not made any follow up on the directive by the Senate Committee on Health and our facilities continue to be strained. We have projects to expand capacity that have stalled at all the Level Five county facilities. In fact, for the Mama Lucy Hospital, there is a Kshs344 million project that was initiated by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) stalled at 45 percent. The contractor is owed Kshs50 million. Therefore, they abandoned the site. The Committee has been so gracious and supportive to Nairobi City County that they had scheduled a visit to these county facilities on Monday, 11th, March, 2024, which was a few days ago. The most heartbreaking thing is that on the eve of the visit we received communication that the County Governor had made himself busy, therefore, the Committee was not welcome to tour the county facilities. I inform the Chairperson of the Committee that we have problems in Nairobi City County. If you go to Mbagathi Hospital, there is a stalled project where the contractor The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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