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    "id": 498619,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this timely Motion. The first mistake that maybe the Senate made was to unbundle this function. This function could have been left to the national Government. It is ironical that the national Government remains with 85 per cent of the national budget and the meager 15 per cent that is sent to the counties is even left to health care facilities. Madam Temporary Speaker, mistake number two on this line is when governors, some of whom do not understand the problems faced by medics, are left to be in charge of health care. For instance, in Nyamira County, we have a hospital called Nyamira Level Four Hospital. I have been to that hospital two to three times, playing my oversight role and what I saw in there is terrible. If you go to the kitchen, you will be surprised to see what the patients eat; it is a semblance of a kitchen. If you go to the mortuary, you will wonder because corpses are stacked over one another and a small five litre container of formalin is hanging as a preservative. When a medical superintendent who is educated 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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