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    "id": 857608,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I think you should take the cue from the Chairman, and help this Committee. I have no problem with them but I think this is a matter that has gone beyond their jurisdiction. The CS must be summoned here by you; The Deputy Speaker. That lady should sit here; we do not want stories. The documents that Sen. Wetangula is talking about- I am aware that there are three sets of contracts- must be tabled at the Senate. Two, I am aware that only one governor refused to sign the contract; the Governor of Bomet County. The rest signed under duress. Let us say these things as they are. I sought a statement in this Senate in 2015, and I have tabled the equipment that came to Makueni County last year and nothing has happened. This is a scandal. Let us call it what it is. Sen. Poghisio has said it is a duck. It smells like a duck but is worse than a duck. This matter is a scandal where each county is paying Kshs200 million per year for the next 5 years amounting to Kshs1 billion, including Lamu and Makueni Counties for leasing the equipment. How do you lease equipment like you are buying? It is more expensive than leasing. When you lease a car, you return it. When you lease equipment, it is as if you are buying it. We know that this was done by one person in the Ministry. That CS will be named here. We know what he did. We should bring that matter here, but let us help Sen. (Dr.) Mbito and his Committee. They cannot handle this. It is too hot. We want everybody to come here and we deal with them here. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, we are aware that there are some counties which have never received that equipment. But if we deal with this issue without the documents, the memorandums that the Council of Governors (CoG) tabled before the Ministry, we are not going to resolve it. Lastly, the most interesting thing about this leasing of equipment is that; when you lease the nice car you have from any dealer, you do not pay for its repair in advance. This is the only contract I have seen on a lease where you pay for repairs; you anticipate it is going to break down and then you pay in advance. The variation from 94 to 100 per cent--- I am aware of these stories, they are as ridiculous as it comes. They were supposed to do what is called ‗e-medicine‘. It was supposed to be an IT solution so that you connect these machines to the hospitals. But when you go to Wajir, Marsbit and a county like Makueni and one hospital is on one end of Mtito Andei Town and the other one is in Wote Town and you ask them to connect the towns to IT, the cost is Kshs100 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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