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    "id": 854947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/854947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker Sir, in the aspect of benefit, when the agreement was presented before the County Assembly of Isiolo, the only thing that the members of the public were told is that the company was going to deal with community health workers. However, when you clearly look into that agreement, you will see that they are going to provide everything that deals with health care services in hospitals yet this company has not been subjected to public participation to establish whether they are able to carry out those services or not. We are therefore having a problem in this country and this Bill addresses that aspect because the public needs to know what their benefits and proposals are, together with the strategies that are in place, to make sure that they have benefited from this project. I strongly support this Bill, and if we do not deal with the issues of PPPs in our country, most of the counties are going to lose huge sums of money. I have been in discussions with the PPP unit here in Nairobi, because of Isiolo issues. You can imagine the PPP unit advised the County Government of Isiolo not to enter into this agreement and they went ahead and implemented it. They requested the services and the PPP unit went all the way to Isiolo to train them on how to enter into agreements. Unfortunately, they avoided that route because it is lengthy and it is a route that could protect taxpayers‟ money. County governments avoid those routes and the legal procedures that are required. We should tell them off when these issues are brought to this Senate."
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