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    "id": 837103,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837103/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13216,
        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Petition and congratulate the Senator for Isiolo County, our Deputy Majority Leader, as well as the residents of Isiolo for this Petition. I am surprised that this would be happening at this point in time when we are enlightened on the laws that pertain to the use of public money and resources. The county is getting into this PPP supposedly with a company that is not even incorporated or may not be a legal entity and the kind of money we are talking about is Ksh443 million and not a chunk of change. One of the very major roles of the county government is to make sure that the residents of that county have access to health care. Given that fact, when the county then starts getting into these sorts of agreements, then I believe they are giving their roles to private entities which we have no way holding accountable. Transparency may become an issue as has been captured by the able Senator for Isiolo. We will then be back here in the Senate with probably the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee then calling the Governor about three or four years down the road, when Ksh 443 million has been probably misused and the residents of Isiolo County have not been able to access a good and affordable health care. Given that healthcare is one of the Big Four Agenda, it is very important that we make sure we hold these counties to account and make sure they are doing what is right for the residents of those counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we look at this Petition, everything just stinks. If we do not act, in just a few months or years, this money will be lost or it will not be accounted for or something to that effect. It is a timely Petition and the Senator for Isiolo county is on top of her job as far as oversight is concerned. This is because that is one of the bigger roles of the Senator. By oversighting before the event happens, it makes more sense than coming here to the Senate to cry three years down the road when that money has been misused. I support. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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