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    "id": 722214,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale)",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be running for the governor of Kakamega County. I would like to draw attention with the usual spirit of bipartisanship that has been championed by many among others, specifically the Deputy Speaker, Sen. Kembi-Gitura. Look at this mischief. There is a public relations office (PR) on the Schedule where the Government is telling us that they are rolling out 34.6 per cent of the Ksh.2.6 trillion budget for devolution. That is true. However, practically, what is on paper is that in this Financial Year, the Budget of the Government is Ksh.2.6 trillion. If you take the Kshs323 billion that is meant for devolution, it represents a mere 12.4 per cent. The Government should stop playing PR and accept that devolution is not a priority to it. Secondly, under this Bill, the Government thankfully wants to maintain the spirit of conditional grants to make specific functions run smoothly. Under this, the government has set aside Kshs 4.5 billion to go towards servicing of the specialized medical equipment that was purchased for the 47 times two hospitals in this country. This is how corruption is perpetuated because when the Government was spending Kshs 38 billion to buy those specialized equipment for our hospitals, the governors were not there. Here you are, after making procurement opaque, you now want to involve governors in paying for that debt so that when we go for the procurement officer, the Accounting Officer who is responsible for the procurement of Kshs38 billion worth of medical equipment, the whole wave of confusion will start because the payment is being done by a third party. I want to put the second Senate on notice that this matter of medical equipment must be pursued to its logical conclusion by this House together with the National Assembly. Thirdly, on conditional grants, the Government has thankfully set aside Kshs 4.5 billion for the Level Five hospitals in this country. We cannot just sit and watch. Today is 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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