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    "id": 865866,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "I want to echo the sentiments of Sen. Dullo. I do not know the reason why the Chairpersons are afraid. I do think that the Chairpersons of our Committees are afraid and I do not know what they are afraid of. Let us call these things the way they are. If the medical leasing equipment is a fraud to our counties, let us call it the way it is. None of you, Senators, is going to be elected for being nice to the Executive. If you do not defend your counties, you will be voted out. It is that simple. I have done the math and your county is paying a lot of money. If we do not check the medical leasing equipment, we are going to pay Kshs700 million for the equipment. This morning, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was in Makueni to open a 120 bed capacity mother and child maternal hospital with a facility for a mother to give birth in water and it cost us Kshs130 million. On the other hand, we have equipment for which we have so far paid Kshs450 million and counting. That is the reality of turning a blind eye to some of these things. One lady got a girl that she named Margaret Mumbua because it is raining in Makueni. These are serious issues. The Universal Health Care (UHC) that Sen. Dullo was talking about is an imposition similar to the medical leasing equipment where your counties must pay. The claw back on devolution and its functions is real and the Executive is not going to vote for you. I trust and put faith in God first and the 320,611 Kenyans who voted me into this House. Those are the people that I will defend without fear or favour. Lastly, the people of Solai are still suffering. The reality of Solai came to us last week when I met a man who lost his wife. He is living in a rented house with his children. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is rebuilding their home but his children have told him that they will never go back to that house. A young man, who is a teacher, said that he lost his only child. Our recommendations have gone nowhere. We have put in 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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