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    "id": 1563387,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "I will do so, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On the matter of the Committee on Health, this team, led by the former Governor of Uasin Gishu County, must begin to deal with matters of healthcare beyond political statements. We do not want them to sit with politicians and come here to report their discussions with them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want this committee to carry out inquiries, go into hospitals and tell us why so many hospitals in Kitui County do not have drugs, why there are serious problems in Nandi County, and why the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret has issues. We do not want them to begin behaving like an ad hoc committee that sits with Cabinet Secretaries and politicians and they are told what to come and tell this House. We want them to go to the ground. Health is a very critical function of this House. It is a devolved function. We have a doctor, Dr. Khalwale, among us. I am not sure whether he is a Member of that committee. They need to consult him so that he can lead them on how best to take up matters of health. This issue of sitting in boardrooms and bringing us reports--- If I was marking for that committee on the report that they have given, I would have said they have done very poorly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these committees must begin to do work. This is a serious thing. Health is not something that we will be cutting deals on. We will not. We will demand that action be taken on health issues. I thank you."
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