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    "id": 876974,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/876974/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "occasions. We have had a Committee of the Whole chaired by the Senate Majority Leader on the issue of the MES and how it is affecting our counties. I am happy that from the debate on the Budget Policy Statement yesterday, this programme has been excluded. We should treat health with the critical attention that it deserves. We are not saying that the Committee on Health does not have capacity. However, we are telling them to do their work. Madam Temporary Speaker, from your guidance and the pronouncements that you will make, you need to give adequate directions that the Committee on Heath must give the necessary report that the House requested for. They must work hard so that Kenyans can know what really happened; not only in Isiolo County, but across the 47 county governments. If you go to hospitals that were earmarked for upgrading or getting Medical Equipment Supplies in this Republic, be it in Kapsabet Sub-County Hospital or Nandi Hills Sub-County Hospital, you find those machines lying idle. Madam Temporary Speaker, we want to know why it was necessary to buy needles, gloves and bed sheets. The machines were procured using Kenyans’ hard-earned money. When the programme started in the Financial Year 2014/2015, each county was paying Kshs94 million. This amount has now skyrocketed to Kshs200 million that is being deducted directly from the National Treasury. We need to defend health. Finally, there is a conversation going round the country that health should be brought back to the national Government, devolving the function has not worked for Kenyans. The right to health for every Kenyan has not been ensured. A healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Therefore, we demand answers and need this Report to be ventilated upon. We need to know the truth and ensure that our counties offer health services to every Kenyan."
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