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    "id": 1399129,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "trooping into public hospitals and private hospitals, are being sent back home if they go with their NHIF card. So it begs the question, that we are all so eager to pass a new Health Act or SHIF Fund, which is supposed to pay for medical services for these Kenyans. What will happen to these hospitals, which are supposed to provide services, when you now go into the hospital with a new card of SHIF and that hospital is owed over a billion by NHIF? This is a crisis. I know that you brought up this Statement, but this is one of those things that we say we should convert it into an inquiry because it only means that either our county governments are not remitting the deductions to NHIF or once the money gets there, it is diverted to other things. This is a very serious crisis and all of us seated here should be very worried about the outcomes. The second Statement that I would like to comment briefly on is the issue of fake fertilisers. This is very interesting. A couple of days ago, I saw packets of supposedly unga, or flour, being disposed off in Naivasha. However, it was part of the fake fertiliser. People were being asked now to eat that fake fertiliser. There was an expose of a factory along the Nakuru, on the Highway that was putting soil into bags, sealing them fertiliser. Is this a country that we live in? A country that has institutions including the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). What exactly are we telling our Kenyans? We, as legislators, must now act and this is what it calls for us to convert even this House into a full House Committee to investigate these matters. Everyone is complaining. Life is difficult, yet you are still selling them fake fertilisers. What exactly are we telling Kenyans? That we are a man-eat-man society? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last Statement that I want to comment on is the brought by Sen. Kavindu Muthama. This is a very important Statement. All the 47 elected Senators ought to pay attention to that Statement. We have pending bills amounting to Kshs156 billion. These pending bills, which are over Kshs156 billion, did not start yesterday. Some of them go back to 2013. The most important thing the Committee should do is to call for the registry to provide CR12 for every single company doing business with counties. You will find that in a county like mine of Narok, one family owns all the businesses. Is that wise? We are accumulating all these pending bills. Once a contractor has completed their work, the Controller of Budget (CoB) is requested to remit money, but once the money gets into the county government, it is diverted to pay for other services not rendered. This is a very serious matter. I would like to request all 47 elected Senators to follow the footsteps of Sen. Kavindu Muthama and demand for budgets and CR12 for all companies that are doing business with their county. You will be surprised. You will see that all the money is going into one pocket. This is a shame."
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