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    "id": 981636,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "of Kshs2,000 and Kshs3,000 or bodies held in mortuaries in hospitals for nonpayment. The sickest institution in this country today is the health sector. This Senate may have at some point to engage a public debate and conversation with the national and county governments and find out whether it is still necessary to let our people die in the name of devolution. When you go to the villages, health centres have been closed. You find a health centre serving hundreds and thousands of people with one nurse. When that nurse is not on duty, it closes down. In those facilities, you will find a health centre or a dispensary with one nurse and six watchmen because somebody is making money on those watchmen. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this country needs serious change. There is a Bill that we have passed here. I do not know if it has gone to the National Assembly. The Bill is on Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) on obligating the national Government to supply and put in place a drug supply guarantee for counties so that even if counties get drugs and fail to pay, the national Government through the Controller of Budget should be able to facilitate payment so that people can receive their treatment. We are in the MES investigations. As my Chairperson says things do not look very good. Equipment dumped in hospitals without electricity and without anybody to run it. It is a very sad affair. So, as Sen. Loitiptip prosecutes this Petition, I want to urge the Committee, and my good friend Sen. (Dr.) Ali, the Vice Chairperson is here. Where is the Chairperson? I had not seen my distinguished neighbour. The Chairperson is also here so that they can act on this expeditiously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly and we have said this here before. The Senate Majority Leader, please, bring back the Implementation Committee. We need that committee to do follow ups to resolutions of this House. We have a lot of Petitions we have heard, brought reports, but there is no mechanism of follow-up. We pass Motions and there is no mechanism of follow-up. We need the Implementation Committee so that whenever committees finish their work, that committee has a singular duty of constant and routine follow ups to ensure that what this House says and decides is done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you."
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