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    "id": 843165,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second the Motion that Sen. Outa, who represents, Kisumu County to serve in the Committee on Health. I must disclose that he had declared the intention to serve in the Committee. At the time our colleague, the late Ben Oluoch, passed on, I had attempted to negotiate for him to swap with Sen. Outa because of his experience in the Health Committee of the National Assembly. So, he comes with a lot of experience. I am glad that this Motion is on the Floor and I can see the Senate Majority Leader is on his feet but I do not know whether the Chairman is here. In the discussions we had at the Senate Business Committee (SBC), one of the functions that are fully devolved is health. I do not think we are doing justice to the Committee because we are not doing enough. I was pleasantly surprised and possibly not happy when I saw Members of the National Assembly going round hospitals in Thika, Eldoret, Kisumu and Eldoret giving the nod on medical leasing equipment. Why would we abandon our own cause? This afternoon, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget has tabled the cash disbursement schedule and Senators need to look at it. Every county is contributing Kshs200 million in advance for the medical leasing equipment. This is our mandate and the Vice Chair is here. This is something we must take up. Why are counties paying Kshs200 million every month? Sen. Nyamunga mentioned that she has never seen the equipment and somebody else also said the same. As we interchange, maybe the Senate Majority Leader needs to shake the Committee a bit. He should summon them to his Office, like I saw you having a meeting with Sen. Orengo. There is something that needs to be done with this Committee. When we go to Eldoret, they should go to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital and other Level 5 and Level 6 hospitals. Let us interrogate and tell Kenyans if we are getting value for money. I can tell you that in Makueni we are not getting value for money. I have been to two hospitals and there was no justification for paying - is it Kshs94 or Kshs95 million since 2014 and now Kshs200 million. I was informed that the equipment I saw in Makindu Level 4 Hospital was purchased at Kshs50 million but it would have been purchased at less. So as we continue to interrogate that, we would like to put some impetus into this Committee. As the Senate Majority Leader supports this, I would like him to use his Office, together with his Deputy, to get some work done by the Committee, so that justice to the function of health is done because the people who fund the function of health have found something to say. They are talking of reverting the function to the national Government and that should not happen. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to second. 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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