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    "content": "Hold on; do not tell me that. I am supposed to get an invitation and the Senate offices are supposed to coordinate with the Executive to tell us some of these things. We are running up and down going to our counties and we do not get information. On that day I had just come from Wajir and was told through social media that there was a function happening. I went there personally and had to tell the Cabinet Secretary and the President that I was representing the Senate Committee on Health. The Chairperson of the Committee on Health of the National Assembly had been invited two weeks earlier, while the Senate did not get an invitation. Why is this happening? Health and water are devolved and we do not get our share of the resources from the national Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we visit the counties, everybody fears the National Assembly because they believe they are the ones who have the resources and will stop their funding. I am in the Committee on Finance and Budget with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and today we talked about the Kshs9.4 billion that will be spent on medical equipment. The day before yesterday, I went to the hospital in Wajir and the only thing that was operational was the Radiology department because of the Cuban lady who was sent there. The dialysis machine has been collecting dust for the last several months. No other equipment was taken there and Wajir County is paying Kshs250 million. Why should we do that?"
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