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    "id": 857631,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. This is a matter of life and death. It concerns the lives of the citizens of Kenya. Health function has been devolved. Although we devolved it, this particular agreement has some issues. At that time of signing the agreement, the national Government was acting in good faith to assist the county governments in performing their duties and functions under the Constitution. I believe very few people have seen the agreement itself. For those who have seen it, it is very much skewed against the county governments to the extent now where they are paying amounts of money which some have not even been incurred. This is because the equipment is not being used and some have not been delivered to hospitals. To me, this is matter has gone beyond the Committee on Health. The Committee cannot, on its own, deal with this very matter which touches on each and every county because they are paying for services they are not getting. Therefore, the county governments are not getting a fair share of the national cake to enable them perform their functions. The amount of money they get is only enough to pay salaries, but not to perform functions. We have heard from the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget as well as from the other leaders with regard to this matter. However, I doubt whether the Committee on Health on its own can perform. This can only be done by a bigger Committee beyond the Committee on Health. My worry is that this is not the only thing that is happening. We now have an organisation called Living Goods Kenya, which is being used by the Government for the Universal Health Care Programme throughout the country. From what we know about this organisation, it is just there more or less, to exploit the good 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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