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    "content": "properly organised towns that can pass the test of time. We do not want a situation where we live in slums forever. The slums that we have in Nairobi can be upgraded. I do not think that the cost of upgrading some slums in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and other big towns is difficult. However, there is lack of commitment. Looking at the plight of the pastoralists, why do we not settle these people in certain areas and give them the provision of everything that they need. They need infrastructure; roads, water, electricity, schools and hospitals. Those are the things that are needed. Therefore, instead of letting people live like wild animals, and tell them that we are in the same country, we are not being honest as the leaders of this nation. We should pull up our socks and be more serious in the way we run the affairs of Kenya. Kenya is a beautiful country and our people should not be suffering as they are right now in some areas. The distribution of resources should cut across and this should be the pride of any leader. If you are a leader and do not lead your people to prosperity, we should put a question mark after 55 years of Independence. Kenyans are being taxed heavily yet it does not reflect in development. Other nations are taxing themselves and giving us the money to develop our nation yet we are not doing it. As a Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget, I agree that it is important for appropriation to be done and it goes to the right purposes for which it is intended. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have a big issue with the leasing of medical equipment. First of all, the county governments did not ask for the equipment. If they did, most of the equipment is lying idle in the counties and not being utilised. The personnel or staff who were supposed to have been trained to operate the machines were not trained. Therefore, most of the machines are still covered yet people are suffering. I do not understand why instead of leasing the equipment at such a high cost, the Government cannot establish one big hospital with all the equipment in Kenya instead of Kenyans going to India all the time. After that, we could invite doctors from abroad to train our doctors. We are currently receiving doctors from Cuba. Under what conditions are they coming to train our people? If you give me one doctor or radiologist in my county, what value is that doctor going to add to that county? Why are we not taking our doctors to be trained so that they come back and serve us? Or why can we not set up a proper training centre with all the doctors from Cuba to train our doctors? This way, they will replicate those doctors. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was informed yesterday that we have two sets of doctors who have gone through internship and have not been placed. These doctors should have been absorbed by our counties. Most counties do not have doctors yet we have trained doctors who have gone through internship but are still “hanging”. This is a burning issue. Most of the doctors are ‘A’ students. Their parents have suffered to educate them. Some of them do not come from privileged families. However, their parents have sacrificed and sold everything for them to graduate. After graduating and your parents struggling to educate you, you end up sitting at home despite being an ‘A’ student and doing your bit. 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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