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    "id": 857588,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the Deputy Senate Majority Leader for requesting for this Statement. However, this is work cut out for the relevant Committee. If they do not do it to our expectations, then we will question whether they appreciate the role of the Senate. The governors and the national Government get cozy on many other issues, they do not need the Senate. However, when problems begin to hit them both sides, then they remember there is Senate. So, the questions that have been put across by Sen. Dullo are so important. Looking at the constitutional arrangement, there is no other sector which is devolved more than the health sector. It is only second to agriculture. I hope that the Committee will do a thorough job. I am attracted to what the distinguished Senator for Bungoma County was saying; that we probably need to call the Cabinet Secretary for Health to appear before a Committee of the Whole so that we have formal proceedings. If it is just the Committee, they may not take this matter as seriously as they should. I hope the Committee‘s work is time bound and that they will not have forever to carry out this work. Probably, within two or three weeks, a report should be available. More importantly, as we go back to our counties, there is no question I have faced on a regular basis more than issues that relate to health. Therefore, I hope that this is work cut out for you. We expect the results and they should come as quickly as possible. I am saying that with absolute respect to the Deputy Speaker because the directions will The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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