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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "I also looked at the issues raised by the Departmental Committee on Health because health is very important. I noted that even though health is a devolved function, the national Government still encroaches on it. It is very shocking. I raised an issue that was introduced by the previous Government from about 2016/2017 on the Medical Equipment Scheme (MES). That project was a mess and it failed. It was implemented without the involvement of the county governments, which received equipment that they had not requested for. Some of that equipment is still being paid for, hence the debt of Ksh6.5 billion. Some of that equipment is not in use because some hospitals do not even have medical practitioners who can use it. We have now moved on from that project and we are introducing a new one called the National Equipment Service Programme (NESP). I also noticed the construction of health centres in the Second Schedule of this Report. Jobs that are supposed to be undertaken by county governments are being done by the national Government. When will the national Government allow counties to do their job and do what is expected of them? No wonder people keep fighting the NG-CDF. I heard people even say that maybe we need to give NG-CDF to the governors. It looks like the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution is not being respected. Let us ensure that those responsibilities The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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