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    "id": 498629,
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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. As I was saying, some of these problems we are facing especially when I am talking about a county hospital called Nyamira Level Four Hospital, whereby I have had issues with the County Government, I play my role of oversight. I do not have to tell anyone that I am going to any area of Nyamira County. So, when I made my impromptu visit to that hospital, it cost the job of our medical superintendent. That is why it is very important for the national government and the county governments to come up with mechanisms of arresting these situations. It takes many years of agony for a doctor to rise to the status of a medical superintendent. So, when an officer in the name of a governor transfers him from that position to another hospital without really understanding or addressing the issues that have been raised, it is sad and tragic. These medical superintendants in all hospitals do not have a kitty to arrest situations. Madam Temporary Speaker, at one time, the same hospital lacked oxygen. I happened to be in the county and I was talking to the finance officer, who is a very young man. I asked him what the problem was since people were dying at the hospital. He told me that there were bureaucratic procurement procedures to follow. That is why it is very important that maybe the national and county governments, in liaison, need to come up with a body, maybe a medical service board whereby it will be very difficult for anybody to transfer a person without following very well laid down procedures. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is why this Motion is timely. It is very important that the national Government, which keeps 85 per cent of the money, should reconsider dealing with the issue of health because they are as essential as the issue of security. If the Jubilee coalition Government is not going to work fast and send money to the counties, the Okoa Kenya Initiative will become even more popular, so that more money 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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