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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before saying anything, this being the last session, I think it is in order to wish our candidate as a country or nation, Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, well in Addis Ababa, as well as the President of this country because he is a voter. We have sent quite a good team there to give them moral support. I want to make it clear to the country that any Member of Parliament (MP) that I know of who is going there is self-sponsored. They have not been sponsored by the State. I have sponsored some MPs who did not have resources to go there. Therefore, it is self and not state- sponsored. Everyone is going there to support in their own capacity. Secondly, I agree with the Statement by Sen. Faki. I hope that the Committee will do a good job to help the county government think through. As we do that, I would like to emphasise that one of the biggest challenges that big counties like Mombasa and Nairobi are facing is that they do not only serve their own populations; they tend to support big populations from outside. Mombasa hospitals serve Kwale, Kilifi and Taita-Taveta in terms of people who live in those areas. Therefore, one thing that we must fight for is that. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) that is going to be read in this House is a Kshs4.6 trillion Budget. How do we fight for more money to go to healthcare? This is because, from the Kshs50 billion that counties get, they can only invest about one billion shillings in healthcare. However, the national Government remains with a lot of money when it"
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