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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Musyoka",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Mbinya Musyoka",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the amendments. Looking at the Ministry of Education, for instance, we see that the county governments were given only early childhood education. The rest was left to the national Government. Health services were fully devolved. Talking about health, we cannot compromise on the health of our people. Our tour of health centres across the country showed clearly that the county governments were not ready to handle the health services function. It was like delivering a premature baby. When a baby is premature, we do not put it back to the mother’s womb. We have to put measures in place to nurse the baby to grow into a healthy human being. These amendments are intended to improve the recommendations that are contained in the Report. They strengthen measures that will improve the situation that is in the counties. I definitely support the amendments. On the first one relating to Article 187 of the Constitution, we need to have changes taking place, so that Level 4 and Level 5 health facilities go back to the national Government. On the second amendment, we need a taskforce to harmonise the situation that we have because some counties have gone far ahead of others. Therefore, this cannot be done in a single statement. We need to have a taskforce to harmonise the situation out there. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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