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    "id": 837249,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837249/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. The question I pose is: Should counties engage the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) when it comes to disaster management, provision of ambulances and related services? We have two examples. Mandera and Kisii counties signed up with the KRCS to provide disaster management, ambulances and related services. There are many counties in this Republic that go and buy contraptions and put a Red Cross sign on them and call them ambulances. The Governor for Mandera County was a bit jittery because the Auditor- General had indicated that it was irregular to procure the services of the KRCS. If we are to achieve the objectives of this Motion, of providing alternative financing for the KRCS, we must encourage counties, that instead of buying funny vehicles from India and painting them red, they should engage the KRCS that already has the expertise and capacity to provide these services. We have seen this in Mandera, Kisii and several other counties. There are counties that have bought things that they call ambulances that cannot rise to the occasion. If we want to support the KRCS, let us The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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