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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there is the issue about the invisible hand of the market. I also tell the Senate Majority Leader that I will return favour for favour. I have supported his job which he has done well so far. The only thing is that he tries to interfere with other people, yet he has a lot of time to speak. There is the issue of the visible hand of the Government and the invisible hand of the market. These are the interests that we are seeing in the health sector where we have a whole Kshs9.4 billion going to equipment that hospitals do not need. Who is profiteering from this contract that started with Kshs4.7 billion and is now worth Kshs9.4 billion that had been factored wrongly in the past division of revenue? So, Sen. Fred Outa, as a new Member of this Committee, has a big role. I support Sen. Sakaja who has said that he is a very active Member. Therefore, he should ask these questions which we have been unable to ask in the Committee on Finance and Budget. We need more voices so that we come to the bottom of who is making our people suffer when we need more essential services within the health sector yet we are profiteering some companies and individuals through big tenders whose value we do not know. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was privileged to travel to Embu Level 5 Hospital last weekend. Indeed, it is wanting and Sen. Ndwiga can confirm that fact. In that county, almost 50 per cent of their development budget goes to that one single hospital. I spoke to the Hospital Superintendent, Dr. Njiru, and he told me that some doctors do not want to pursue certain disciplines because some are more lucrative than others yet some of them are where the people need the services the most. The health sector is ailing in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, in my County of Kiambu, four people are sleeping in one bed yet my own governor, Gov. Waititu, is spending Kshs2 million per day fighting alcohol. He argues that the hospital is good because patients come from other counties. However, that is not true because we have three Level 5 hospitals; Kiambu Level 5 Hospital, Gatundu Level 5 Hospital and Thika Level 5Hospital. There is a lot of oversight with regards to how health institutions are managed. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need a strong health Committee. I will say without fear of doubt that a Committee is as strong as its Members. If there is some need to inject new strength in this Committee, I call upon our able Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Orengo, who I respect a lot, to crack the whip so that 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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