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    "content": "an extra mile to ensure that healthcare – which is one of the most important things in this country and in human life – is actually handled by his deputy. There is no excuse as to why the healthcare facilities should be deteriorating or why they lack medicine. With the amount of money which is being appropriated for healthcare facilities, this is embarrassing. This Senate should take that Petition seriously and ensure that, while visiting that county, whatever they learn from there, they compare with all the other counties. I know that there is a lot which was portrayed during the Devolution Conference. For instance, I was so impressed with the healthcare facility in Kakamega County. The Committee looking at this matter should actually recommend that the Deputy Governor of West Pokot should, first of all, go and benchmark in Kakamega County to see what Governor Oparanya has done by setting up a good healthcare facility. These are basic needs which are enshrined in the Constitution. Therefore, through such Petitions, I would like to urge all Kenyans out there to be active and I commend those citizens for bringing this Petition. Theseare the kind of Petitions that we should take very seriously. I know that there is always debate about the other Petitions. For instance, I remember the Petition on Marijuana, when the distinguished Senator from Meru said that it has no place in this House. However, on this particular Petition, I would even volunteer myself to pay for a flight to take the Deputy Governor to Kakamega County for him to see what Governor Oparanya has done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no reason why Kenyans should now go to hospital and lack medicine. I know that healthcare is one of the Big Four Agenda. We are not getting any younger and if we are unable to get proper medical facilities now, by the time we are in our 60s or 70s, we will just be dying! The deteriorating of healthcare facilities and lack of basic medicine like pain killers contribute to our health deteriorating further. If someone is taken to hospital and they cannot even get the basic medicine they need to survive, we should not be spending billions of shillings to lease equipment for dialysis yet when that equipment comes, patients are not attended to. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the citizens of West Pokot for having realised that the Senate is, indeed, there to defend devolution. Healthcare is a devolved function and I want to encourage the citizens of Narok to Petition this Senate so that we can pursue that. With the amount of money that we are putting into these hospitals, it is embarrassing that we are here talking about hospitals lacking medicine. I am really appalled. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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