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    "id": 728207,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a response to a Statement sought by Sen. Wetangula. On the subject of conditional allocation of county governments for leasing of medical equipment, he had six questions. (1) To indicate if there was a conditional allocation of Kshs4.5 billion to each county every financial year for leasing medical equipment. The Managed Equipment Services Project (MES) was envisioned as a national Government flagship project. The project entails leasing of specialised medical equipment for 98 hospitals countrywide. That is, two hospitals in each of the 47 counties and four national hospitals for cost-effectiveness. The project leveraged on economies of scale as leasing of the equipment services by individual counties would not have a result in value for money and equitable equality of specialised health care. Each county was therefore requested to identify two hospitals that would benefit from the project towards the objective of reducing inequalities in access to specialized health services as well as upgrading county hospitals. The national Government, therefore, floated the tenders for all the equipment lots identified for this project and also signed five MES contracts for the supply of medical equipment and related services. The National Treasury allocated to the Ministry of Health Kshs4.5 billion in the Financial Year 2015/2016 and a similar amount for the Financial Year 2016/2017 for the MES project. 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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