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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, Aware that the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee comprising nine (9) Senators to investigate and establish the facts surrounding the leasing of the Medical Equipment in the now 119 beneficiary hospitals country wide; APPRECIATING that the mandate of the Select Committee lapsed on Friday, 8th November, 2019; REGRETTING that due to heavy workload and sheer magnitude of the assignment the Committee is yet to table its report in the House and requires more time to conduct a further and thorough inquiry into the subject matter of its mandate; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to renew the mandate of the Committee by a further period of forty-five (45) days to enable it conclude its work and table its report in the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House approved a Motion while sitting in Kitui, under Senate Mashinani, to establish an Ad hoc Committee. The Committee has been sitting and I dare say that it is doing a very good job. We have visited hospitals that are recipients of these equipment in Isiolo, Garbatulla, Tana River, Malindi, Kilifi and Mombasa, and there are many more places to be visited. The startling revelations are vindicating the fears and apprehensions of this House that public resources may not have been put to good use. We have many witnesses to appear before the Committee. The Committee has been sitting every other day including Fridays and Mondays, which are normally days set aside for Members to visit their constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, talking to colleagues before we moved this Motion, one colleague was apprehensive that probably we are seeking an extension because the Committee has not been moving with speed. Indeed, we have been siting from 9.00 a.m. up to 1.30 p.m. every day. The only break we have been having is when we come to Plenary. I want to thank the distinguished Senator for Tana River who joined us over the weekend. We work even on Saturdays to visit these hospitals to find out whether the people of Kenya - the taxpayers - are benefiting from this scheme that was designed and executed by the national Government ostensibly to benefit county governments. We want to see what benefits come out of it. This is a Procedural Motion and the substance of the matter will come at the end of the sittings. I want to encourage Members of the House that whenever we visit your counties sufficient notice will be passed on to you as we did to our colleague from Tana River County. You should be available to join us so that we can jointly work together to bring the truth to the fore."
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