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    "id": 955327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to second this very important Motion to establish an ad hoc Committee to investigate and manage the equipment services. This is a very important Motion, because as we know very well, health is a devolved function and it is squarely within our mandate. That equipment has become a great problem to our counties. The Council of Governors (COGs) had even complained and raised a serious matter on this. They said that they were not involved in the procurement process; there was no basic assessment to establish the priority or the most urgent needs in our counties before these equipment were brought. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very interesting that most of our counties are now experiencing a lot of challenges. I remember just the other day when Sen. Murkomen got a problem while we were in the field, while we were thinking of taking him to the County Hospital, which is well written that it is a referral hospital--- We were told that there is no immediate attention because of the challenges they are facing. With all those huge equipment, they could still not even do some minor X-rays, to the point that Sen. Murkomen was taken to a private hospital and finally referred to Nairobi. If the counties had been involved in the procurement and the purchase of this equipment, they could have had an opportunity to recommend the most appropriate and basic ones based on various counties. This particular ad hoc Committee has a lot to bring to the Senate and make sure that the Senate’s mandate is taken back to its position."
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