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    "id": 480547,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/480547/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Chairman, Sir, allow me to join Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Kagwe in commenting on this point. We ought to be making progress. The most critical issue for any government is to make sure that its people are secure and healthy. In these Level Five Hospitals, there is no evidence that their services and their cost thereof is going down. What is the rationale of reducing the allocation by almost 50 per cent? Even as we accept this paltry figure, we must make it clearly known that if you take, for example, Kakamega Provincial General Hospital, it is as busy the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. It serves the entire five western counties plus eastern Uganda. You are giving it a paltry Kshs200 million down from Kshs311 million that was not even enough. We are now hearing even more dangerous arguments from the “Lower House” that these Level Five hospitals, contrary to the provisions of the Constitution Schedule Four have to be moved to the national Government. There is a matter on the Floor in the “Lower House” and we must resist this as protectors and defenders of counties. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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