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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this important Bill and state that the Public Accounts Committee has done a commendable job. Three years back, the shareable revenue was based on audited accounts of eight years ago. Now, the basis is on the 2013/2014 Financial Year, which is actually very current. Therefore, it is important to inform the country that the National Assembly has done a wonderful job in the last three years by auditing accounts dating back to eight years. That means two Parliaments did not do their job. Therefore, we should say thumbs up to the Chairman and Committee Members of PAC for the wonderful job they have done for the country. It is also important to show the country that the Jubilee Government has done a recommendable job by growing the equitable shareable revenue which has been given to counties. When the Jubilee Government took over in 2013, the first shareable revenue to counties was Kshs.190 billion. Now, it has grown to Kshs.302 billon which is an increase above 100 billion. It is not very easy to grow like that. My worry is that when the Government is growing the revenue allocated to counties we do not see what the counties are doing because we have not seen improved services to the people. In fact, it is reducing at an alarming rate. If you look at the support which has been given to the most important function of the counties which is health, the national Government has given conditional grant of Kshs.4 billion to cover maternity, Kshs.4 billion to lease Equipment, almost Kshs.1 billion for foregone services and another Kshs.4 billion for Level 5 hospitals. We are actually disturbed by the kind of services we see given in those hospitals. If I can give an example of a hospital in my county, it is very sad that almost 80 per cent of patients are turned away because of lack of drugs. They are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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