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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for protecting me. It is important. I cannot reiterate that we push for a policy shift. I do not want the people of Narok, Kericho or Bomet counties to continue shouldering the burden of paying for leasing of medical equipment, yet they did not consider whether it is value for money. All these contracts which are being signed, I dare say that these are huge corruption scandals just waiting to happen. When we talk about devolution, let us fight for and support it. These grants are good. They will help build our polytechnics. However, if we cannot follow through to ensure that the money which was sent for building that polytechnic was used for the intended purpose, then we are not doing anything. Finally, I want to focus on this issue of the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme. This is the point that I was raising before I was interrupted. It is sad that in all counties that farmers work tirelessly, the agricultural support programs that we used to have many years ago are no longer effective. I hope that with this amendment, this money will be used to send more technical officers to the ground. I hope the money will be used to bring these farmers together into corporations or cooperatives and help them come up with their own warehouses, help these farmers to add more value and create more jobs. We have so many opportunities but because of this disconnect between the need and the policy, we can never solve the problems of unemployment in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, although I support these amendments, I would urge this House and also the Committee on Finance and Budget to demand for more documents. We want to see these contracts between the national Government and the suppliers of this medical equipment. We want to see these memoranda between the county governments and the national Government. We also want to go down, visit and ensure that those equipment which are being leased to us are of use to us. This is because if you take equipment which is designed for a Level Five hospital to a Level Four hospital, they may not be of any use. We may not have adequate skills to operate that equipment. 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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