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    "id": 955268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "November, 2018. She asked the question requiring several responses on to the question of the leasing of medical equipment. Following extensive debate on the matter, the Deputy Speaker directed at the time that the Majority Party on behalf of the House in the Committee on Health, invites the Cabinet Secretary for Health on the 27th November, 2018, to reply to issues that had been raised by Sen. Dullo and by this Senate in the deliberations and debate that took place on 27th November, 2018. Then we had the meeting with the Cabinet Secretary on 27th November, 2018. That meeting took place in the Senate Chambers in the Main Parliament Buildings in Nairobi and the Cabinet Secretary was accompanied by senior Ministry officials and they brought along with them documents relating to not just the management of the equipment, but also to the Universal Healthcare Programme. At our sitting on 27th November, 2018, there was a further directive that the three committees chaired by the Senate Majority Leader, that is the Standing Committee on Heath, Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, look at what was made available at that stage and come up with certain answers to the Senate in the form of a report. During the Senate sitting, the Chair directed that an interim report to be tabled in the House on Wednesday the 5th December, 2018. That sitting took place and following interventions by Members, there were misgivings about the report and the Committee asked for more time to engage various stakeholders in order to conclude the matter. After making that request, the Chairperson found favour with the Speaker. In fact, he wrote a letter and the final outcome of this process was that the Speaker through the Deputy Speaker, required of the leadership of the House to re-look at the Membership of the Committee, because it had mutated not just as the Committee on Health but now including the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights in order to ensure that we have a committee that will eventually deal with this matter comprehensively. As these deliberations were going on, the distinguished Senator for Bungoma County brought a Motion seeking the formation of an ad hoc Committee and that Motion was approved by the House Business Committee. However, following consultations, the House Business Committee (HBC) felt that since this matter was very important, the Motion should be moved by the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader. However, there was general agreement that since the distinguished Senator for Bungoma County had actually crafted the Motion - in fact, the Motion nearly in its entirety, is as was drafted by the distinguished Senator for Bungoma County - it was felt that it should be a Member of the Committee."
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