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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in congratulating the Senator of Lamu. Health is important in this country; it is a right not a favour. The situation of health in this country is wanting. We have seen what was shown on television last evening regarding Lamu. The situation in this country is not only Lamu. It is almost all the Government institutions in this country. The Government is spending a lot of money on healthcare services. You have seen the money that was spent on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Some counties were receiving over Kshs700 million. That is a good initiative by the Government to make sure that our people are getting proper healthcare. But in return, we are getting zero return. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have seen what is happening to the Managed Equipment Services (MES) project that we investigated yesterday. I do not want to preempt the report of the Committee. But you can imagine a project worth Kshs4.9 billion, but has not taken off. Almost three years down the line. They can only cancel that project three years down the line saying it is an illegality, in the first place. I think we are taking Kenyans for a ride. As the Senate Majority Leader has said, we went to Elgeyo-Marakwet County. They have five equipment for theatre. There is only one working and the rest are in the boxes. They require something very little like Kshs2.5 million to fix that equipment. County governments cannot do so. They have one Computed Tomography (CT) scan that was supplied to them and it is not working. The people in Elgeyo-Marakwet County have to look for services in Eldoret. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when mothers have emergencies, you can imagine transferring people all the way from the furthest corner of Elgeyo-Marakwet County to go and do their CT scan in Eldoret. Are we really fair to Kenyans? I congratulate Sen. Anwar for bringing this Statement. However, if I am asked as a person that dealt with this MES project for the last three months, I am telling you health should even come back to national Government because the situation very bad. I support and I hope the Committee will take serious action in terms of what is happening in Lamu County. We need to audit all the health facilities in this country. Things are not going right. We keep on lamenting here in the House every time, day in day out. There are no changes. What are we doing as Senate here? We must crack the whip."
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