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    "id": 911001,
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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": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank Sen. Seneta for this timely Amendment of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 38 of 2018). It is timely and very important, because KEMSA, as it is constituted now, has a lot of unfettered powers. They have gone into commercialization as opposed to the need to supply drugs to our county governments. When you look at the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, one of the key functions that was retained in the national Government was the issue of the health policy. However, the Budget that was read last week mentioned that a lot of money will go to the health sector. We had a meeting with the CoG, and we were joined by the Senate Committee on Health lead by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito from Trans-Nzoia County. The CoG, led by Gov. Kuti, were of the view that the way the Health (Amendment) Act was signed and assented to law was not within the purview of Petition No.2, which is the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on the role and concurrence of both Houses. I know that even as we go ahead and pursue other legal means to seek legal redress on that issue, I have seen that Sen. Seneta has relied on that Act, although I think the House will be updated on the progress we are making on this aspect. The only role that the National Assembly was given to play was just to generate health policies. That was the argument being perpetuated by individuals or the reasons that were being given. When you look under Article 93, it states that Parliament is composed of two Houses; the Senate and the National Assembly. 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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