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    "id": 481443,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/481443/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Today is, indeed, a very sad day for the people of Kiambu, this Senate, the Republic of Kenya and devolution. It is, indeed, heart-wrenching that the mother, father and protector of devolution has had to turn to pinching the child to enforce compliance. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even more unfortunate, is that the people who are bound to suffer from this move are the innocent wananchi ; the taxpayers who everyday struggle in their businesses and activities. Some of them are farmers who eke out a living honestly. They participated in the elections and elected leaders in full and firm faith that those leaders will represent them properly, adequately and competently. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just two days ago, when we were passing the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, as the Senator for Kiambu County, I lamented and made my concerns known to this House and the country at large, on the fact that on the allocation to Level 5 Hospitals, the Thika Hospital in Kiambu had a reduction of Kshs300 million from the last allocation. Against a budget of Kshs500 million, we were allocated Kshs87 million for Thika Level 5 Hospital. I declared here and do so one more time that there will be a crisis in that hospital, as there will be in other hospitals in the whole country. We need to be very clear and articulate on this, as we address the matter. First, I want to apologize to the people of Kiambu County. In my capacity as the Senator of Kiambu, I also want to assure them that I will endeavour and search high and low to make sure that they get their allocations, so that this fate is not suffered by innocent people. 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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