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    "id": 862014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali for coming up with this very important Statement. For those of us who use public and private facilities, and particularly airports, as long as you have entered, there is a tax. Whether or not you are parking you will still pay. Even when there is a flight delay and you go round the airport as you wait for your visitor, you will still pay a particular fee. Why should this House and Parliament be paying Nairobi Hospital and other hospitals money using our insurance, and they again charge us another fee for going to the hospital itself? What is the mischief for one to put money in a hospital that is already charging for the services they are going to give? Why are they taxing people to come and actually pay for services? Does it mean that they suspect that there are idlers who go to park their vehicles in the hospital, yet they work elsewhere? Is it not possible to track a person who has come to the hospital from the time he arrived and where he is going? I have singled out Nairobi Hospital, but the same applies for Aga Khan Hospital and other private hospitals, yet they are providing an important public service. I wish they were hearing what we are saying today. I saw one lawyer complaining on social media about this menace. We must provide solutions, as the Senate. We must also know what that charge that is meted on us is as a result of what. I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali because most of us in this country get angry with things that go wrong, but do nothing about it except lamenting. The few of us, like Sen. (Dr.) Ali, who see problems and think about solutions, must be supported by this House to ensure that we get the right answers."
}