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    "id": 864572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13225,
        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "Pursuant to the meeting held on 27th November, 2018, the Committee made the following general observations. First, that the matter regarding the Universal Health Care (UHC) required continuous consultation between the Committee on Health and the Ministry of Health. However, the matter regarding the acquisition of health equipment was a recurring concern to the Senate, and the serious issues raised therein needed to be interrogated to its final conclusion. Second, that the various documents relating to the acquisition of the health equipment were missing; and that the documents submitted to the Senate required further scrutiny as far as their authenticity was concerned. Specifically the documents that were missing were the following; a list of the equipment delivered to the counties; a detailed response to the reasons as to why there was a variation to the contracts from the time the programme began to the present time; a schedule of hospitals on board the Managed Equipment Services Programme (MESP); the initial contract signed for the equipment by manufactures in 2015; a feasibility report prepared for each county; the total sum of all contracts when the seven-year lease period for the equipment expires; and a detailed explanation of what will happen to the equipment once the lease expires. Third, that while the Ministry of Health indicates that the annual payment was Kshs6.3 billion, the actual usual contract amount payment as per the Senate was Kshs4.5 billion and not Kshs6.3 billion. Fourth, that while the Ministry indicates that there have been consultations with the Senate with reference to the UHC, there have only been four engagements with the Ministry of Health and the Senate Committee on Health. The first meeting was on 24th March, 2018, at the induction of the Committee, while the other three engagements of the 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."
}