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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Agenda. We support the President almost 80 to 90 percent to build on his legacy. We do not know the fate of the handshake, because it is not legally provided for. There are some people out there doing a handshake, but we want to see handcuffs in terms of the fight against corruption. However, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as much as we want to go forward even it terms of Level 4 Hospitals and in terms of the UHC programme, I have talked to healthcare experts and they are saying that this programme is not sustainable. Therefore, it cannot work, as they are saying, by July 2019. The UHC programme should be rolled out in all the 47 counties in this entire Republic, and that is not a possibility. Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as we discuss on ensuring that we build on our health sector, which is fully devolved, my worry is that there is new song of claw- back of functions that have already been devolved. That is why you see people saying: “Let us return the health function to the national Government.” It is because the cartels are not happy that we now want to ensure that we have a fully devolved health system in our counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with Sen. Wetangula when he says: “Even governors should do a peer review of what they are doing.” For example, in my county, the biggest project that the County Government of Nandi and Governor Sang is undertaking is the construction of an ultra-modern mortuary in Nandi Sub-County in Nandi County. A mortuary! He has decided that he is not able to buy drugs and he cannot provide health care. So, he has decided that you only need proper dignity when you die. That is what is giving a bad name to devolution. This is because if I ask him--- We thought that when we devolved health, there will be free drugs; it will not be a favour but a right. We thought that we would have a proper pediatric wing, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), High Dependency Unit (HDU); male and female wards that will provide health care to the people. However, he has decided that the best thing to construct is an ultra-modern mortuary so that before we meet our maker, you should be sent away in a dignified manner. These are the things that give a bad name to devolution in this country. That is why, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we challenge our governors, through the Council of Governors, (CoGs), that they must do peer review and appraise themselves. This is so that they give a good name to devolution and so that the main players of devolution will not even have room to discuss on clawing back of these functions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I can go on---"
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