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    "content": "Four years down the line, President Museveni promoted that judge to be a judge of the Supreme Court. So, we should not play small. Our playing small will never serve the world. We must stand out and assert the supremacy of Parliament. It is on that note that I hope the recommendation of this Committee will be taken seriously. Part of the recommendation of the Committee is that we approve the schedule but exclude the Kshs9.4 billion for leasing of medical equipment for the Financial Year 2018/2019. I serve in the Committee on Health. This issue has remained the elephant in the room for many years. We ask questions but we have never gotten answers. On Thursday this week, we will have a session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health on why and how the equipment was procured. In some counties like Wajir, dialysis machines were dumped there and they have never functioned ever since. In other counties, the machines were dumped in hospitals but there is no expertise to handle them. So, the question that begs is; why are we adding more money for the leasing of equipment if they have not helped our counties in enhancing provision of health services? Why are we engaging in this kind of wastage at a time when this country is short of enough money to provide services to our people? The Executive must respect the decision that this House makes. We are not here to rubberstamp what the Executive does. We are here to do our work on checks and balances on the Executive."
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