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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we proceed on recess, I am also grateful for the time so that I can engage with my constituents back in Nakuru County. I am one of those people who really enjoy being back there, mingling with them and trying to figure out what the issues are and what I can do to assist and help, as a Senator. I am also sure that they have missed me some of the times I have been out here in the Senate, because I have seen some of them telling me: „Come back home, come back home.‟ Half of the time, I tell them: “I am in the Senate in Nairobi and I can only come back during the weekend.” Now, with this recess, I am available. I will be there with you. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to make sure that, as the Senators have said, and which was pointed out very well by Sen. Dullo on the issues that we are having with the Universal Health Care (UHC), where the Senate was not involved--- This seems to be a continued way of demeaning the Senate and just acting, for the Ministry or whoever it is, without making sure that the input of the Senate is at the table. We know that the work of the Senate is to represent the counties, to take care and defend them. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we come back in February, we urge the Committee on Health to do their work; to do it properly and bring recommendations here that will offer solutions. If ultimately the Senate needs to cancel those contracts, then so be it; if that needs to be the recommendation that comes out of it. However, we cannot watch as counties continue to pay a lot of money and not get value for it. As I sit---"
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