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    "id": 748514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "As we debate this Bill which I think is revolutionary, we must not lose sight of the fact that, even within the current constitutional framework, there is still need to understand clearly the demarcation of roles between the county governments and the national Government. What we have currently is a situation where the health function was devolved. It was transferred to the counties, but the monies which were meant to help the county governments perform that very crucial function were retained by the national Government. How did they do it? They ensured that no proper costing of the health function was done before the function was devolved. The defunct Transition Authority (TA) did not do a proper costing of not only the health function, but all the other functions that have been devolved. That was deliberate. It was meant to ensure that the health function is transferred to the counties minus the requisite monies. The counties would then be starved of money and they would be seen to have failed in undertaking that very crucial function. That failure would then create an avenue for the health function to be taken back to the national Government. Why would the national Government want to take it back? It is obvious. The health sector is a very lucrative sector. It is where all the monies are found - and you know that the people we have in the national Government are vultures. They behave like vultures and hyenas. When they sense money, they can kill you literally. They want the health function to revert back to the national Government so that they can continue controlling the monies. That is why the problems that we have in the health sector cannot be cured by the national Government. I can say that without fear of contradiction. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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