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"speaker_name": "Sen. Mariam Omar",
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a committee, we agreed that we do oversight at the counties. As I speak, we have visited almost 10 counties. During the two weeks’ recess period, we went to Mandera, Wajir and Marsabit counties. We made a resolution that, instead of doing oversight from the Senate boardroom, we need one month to rotate in all counties. We need to change our Standing Orders because, instead of sitting in this House with Air Conditioning (AC), making decisions, it is better to go out to the 47 counties, not only for health department, but for the other departments, to see what is going on in our counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we went to Kisumu, Tran Nzoia, West Pokot, Mombasa, Kwale, Taita Taveta and many more counties that I cannot remember. I call the Bishop to order because budget constraints hold us back. In fact, we shall go to Isiolo and Garissa The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "counties next weekend. So, that is one of our key features. We want to see how the health sector is doing in the counties. Thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Nderitu John, please, proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am keen with the report of the Senate Committee on Energy. I have to say they have done a good job, so that Sen. Kisang’ does not rise on a point of order. However, the truth be told, that they concentrated so much on issues that are not affecting Kenyans. We have power blackouts every day in this report. I have not heard them talking about that, but rather, they are talking about having smart meters. I agree with what Sen. Wambua said that the committees are dealing with areas that deals can be cut. Perhaps not by the committee, but by the people that they are oversighting. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was expecting the committee to tell us what they are doing so that Kenya Power (KP) cannot be the only company giving Kenyans power. We want the private sector to move in and help Kenyans so that we can reduce the bills that we are paying. Sadly, we have not heard that. Well, they have concentrated on other things which they have not done even very well, as Sen. Wambua has said, when they visited Thange, in Makueni County. However, they are trying because from 2015 up to now, at least they are doing something. So, we commend them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Health is disastrous. Every time you have heard that the doctors are on strike. There are problems in the county governments and we have not heard any that from the report. I thought there would be very serious report to tell us what is the way forward, so that we do not have strikes in our counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee telling us we should not be sitting under ACs; that, we should go to the ground. We have given them the duty, as a committee, to do that. Nothing stops them from doing it. They can go to one or two counties, depending on the budget. That is why we have reduced the numbers to nine. We do not have the whole Senate because it is impossible. So, they should not give us any reason whatsoever, about the budget. They should go to one county and make that one a benchmark. We do not need excuses that this one cannot be done because of budgetary constraints---"
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Ali Roba."
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"content": "Thank you very, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the reports that were presented by three committees. In particular, I want to applaud the Committee on Energy because under the circumstances, they have done well. There is room for improvement and that has come out from my colleagues. However, I have closely followed the Committee on Health. Recently that Committee visited Mandera, Wajir and Marsabit Counties. To speak the truth in terms of what my take was from the engagement they have done in the three counties, it was an eye-opener. It has improved the oversight profile of the Senate because this committee was able to engage directly with service providers at the lowest level. They were able to challenge workers at various hospitals in Mandera. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "They visited the referral hospital and small units within the town in terms of service provision. They also went to one of the sub-counties. They were able to engage and point out the gaps that were glaring within the health sector in our counties. I really want to applaud and encourage them to be doing impromptu visits similar to that because this is the oversight responsibility of the Senate. It is coming out, it will enforce and encourage service delivery. It will motivate the service providers by the county government in terms of them understanding that they are in an unregulated environment. The Senate of the Republic of Kenya is taking its mandate seriously to make sure that---"
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " What is out of order, Sen. Kinyua?"
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard my colleague and good Senator, Sen, Ali Roba, say that the committee made an impromptu visit. I thought that according to our Standing Orders, you are supposed to give seven days’ notice to any place that you intend to visit as a committee? I do not think that was an impromptu visit unless the word ‘impromptu’ has a different meaning."
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