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    "id": 1523903,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Finally, after they were assured that after the verification process is done, they would be paid their money, they have resumed services. I visited my own county referral hospital two weeks ago and the medical superintendent informed me that every month they used to write off bills of between Kshs7 million to Kshs10 million from ordinary citizens of the county who, after being treated would tell the doctors to see what to do with them. However, because of this programme, that debt has reduced to about Kshs1 million. This confirms that as we continue to deepen this programme into the minds and hearts of ordinary Kenyans, our public hospitals will have the resources to run and by default, ordinary citizens who could not afford medical insurance will become a thing of the past. On the matter that has been raised by the Auditor-General, I would wish that either the Standing Committee on Health or the entire sitting of the House unravels some of these questions. This is a country that is governed by the rule of law. It will be important for citizens to know whether what is being alleged is actually true or false. I have read that particular report that Sen. Sifuna is referring to. There are certain questions that I want to ask the Auditor-General on how she arrived on some of these findings. For example, on paragraph 559(2) of her report, she faults the procurement method that was used and says was a breach of the law yet, Section 114 of Public Procurement and Disposal Act provides for specially procured goods and services in this country. This is not the first time the government is using this mode of procuring goods and services. It will be important for her to tell us at what point she declared this breach, and why she feels that certain sections of the law cannot be applied. To the best of my recollection, this section of the law has not been injuncted by any court. It is part of the law that is still active and being used in court. It will also be important to know from the Ministry why Section 559(1) of her report was not captured in the 2022/2023 Budget Review Framework. I do not know what explanation they have, but I suspect that 2022/2023, being a transition year from one administration to another, we could not have implemented the priorities of another administration. I believe that, subsequently, there must have been a budget process through which all this was addressed. So that we do not appear as if we are a House that sanitizes illegality, I want---"
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