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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shimbwa",
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        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
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    "content": "The other thing is about health. I, as a Member of Parliament, sometimes am very helpless. You find people in dire need of health facilities and we are just watching as if nothing is actually happening. I think we must stop this thing. It has there when we had the central Government; right now it also there and we want to blame one another. We have our neighbouring countries here, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and the rest. We have never had any time that doctors have gone on strike in those countries. It is only in Kenya where such problems are rampant. I think this House must make an effort to make sure that this habit stops. The only way is to make sure the National Treasury improves its efficiency. Everything is from the National Treasury, which actually delays in giving money to the Governors and as Parliamentarians we also try sometimes to blame governors. We do not give them an opportunity to perform their responsibilities; we should give governors support. Let us try to help them and see how best devolution can work. We have never had devolution in this country and we are still competing with counties. I am very happy to report that this House has also afforded us an opportunity to learn a few things about how to pass a Motion or come up with a petition. The last one is the one I did yesterday. It is actually a good learning environment and situation for me. I would actually urge the Chair to give us some training, so that we become effective legislators in this House. I would also urge the Chair to use its discretion to give some of us, who are new in this House, more time to speak on issues, so that we learn and perfect our debating skills. I would urge you, hon. Speaker, to give us that opportunity. I would like to urge this House to try and ensure that fishing, which is an activity carried on at the Coast and in Nyanza region--- Let us spend more resources on fishing, so that we can make this country have an economy to whose gross domestic product (GDP) fishing also contributes There is very little which has actually been done to help fishermen to be more effective, and to make fishing industry a sector that can contribute to the economy of this nation."
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