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    "id": 956881,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/956881/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
    },
    "content": "Health and county governments, and, that leasing the medical equipment was ultimately more expensive than direct purchase; CONCERNED FURTHER THAT, the extent to which county government structures or institutions were involved in the project has remained unclear, and the opposition raised by the CoG reveals serious gaps in the consultative process between the MoH and county governments, including the terms of the contracts which end in 2022; NOW THEREFORE in exercise of its oversight function, the Senate resolves to establish an ad hoc Committee to investigate and establish the facts surrounding the leasing of the medical equipment, in the now 119 beneficiary hospitals country wide, including- (i) whether county governments were involved in prioritizing the medical equipment in accordance with their needs; (ii) the details of the company from which the equipment was leased; (iii) the viability and benefit of leasing versus outright purchase; (iv) the availability of adequate numbers of health human resource to provide specialized health services as envisaged in this project; (v) the operation, training and maintenance facilities in place for the equipment; (vi) the terms and period of the lease of each piece of equipment, where the equipment was supplied, the lease amount, and who bears the cost of the residual value of the equipment at the end of the lease term; (vii) the schedule of equipment supplied to each hospital, and the cost thereof, including proof that the monies disbursed were utilized for the intended purpose; and, (viii) the results of the exercise, considering the terms of the contract end in 2022, when equipment has remained unused in some counties despite the county having paid annually for the installation, maintenance and utilization of the same since 2015; and submit a report to the House within 90 days; AND FURTHER THAT, the following Senators be appointed to serve in the committee –"
}