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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, turning to the money for leasing medical equipment, I think it is important to have a schedule of the equipment that we are leasing. We should also know the exact number of vehicles leased in the different counties. This will enable counties to appreciate the figures that are presented. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for us to consider the health sector. It is sad to note that the Senate has failed us on the health issue. The Senate should have sorted out this mess by telling our doctors that health is devolved; it is under the counties and we need the governors to sit down and agree. The doctors in Bomet and Kiambu counties, for example, are not on strike. Those counties understand that health is their responsibility and, therefore, they must take care of their doctors. I do not understand why the other 45 cannot deal with the matter. Since the role of the Senate is to protect the counties, Kenyans are wondering what we are doing to resolve the problem in the Health Sector. It is time we dealt with the issue as an institution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the Bill against Article 203 of the Constitution, you find that there are the national interests, where we have enhancement of security through police vehicles and helicopters. We have challenges facing the Pokot due to political interests. The problem is not cattle rustling. The national Government should request the Pokot to respect the counties that border them and the lives of their own people. It is sad that we allocate such amounts to Ministries and Kenyans continue to die because some people have refused to follow the law. It is very sad for us to allocate this amount of money to Ministries and Kenyans continue dying because of lack of basic necessities like food and medicine. We have drought in this country and leaders are busy campaigning instead of assisting our people. Mr. Speaker Sir, the National Irrigation Board should supply fertilizer to farmers at subsidized prices. Farmers are busy preparing their farms ready to plant in March. They must provide our people with good seeds. We also hope that they can also account for what happened last year because farmers did not get good fertilizer last year. With regard to the youth empowerment, I hope the Government will allocate more resources them and enable them get more than 30 per cent of all the Government tenders. I hope the Treasury will pay all suppliers who supplied goods and rendered other services to both the national Government and county governments. It is a pity that they have not being paid. Most of them are now being auctioned by the banks. Their businesses are closing down. I urge both the National Assembly and the Senate to allocate more resources so that all suppliers are paid. As I speak today, there are a number of youth who supplied goods and service during the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference but they have never been paid. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Parliament has not been paying its suppliers. Right now it not easy to get venues for committee meetings outside Parliament because service providers have not been paid. Therefore, I plead with Parliament to pay its suppliers. It is sad for Senators or Members of the National Assembly to be told they cannot get services because Parliament has failed to honour its debts. If it is the issue of procurement, let them be sorted out before Members gets embarrassed in hotels. It is wrong. I want to look at the National Social Safety Net where we have elderly persons and orphans welfare and the presidential bursary. It has some good allocation. Kenyans must appreciate the work being done by the national Government. It has come up with 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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