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    "id": 1012556,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "One of our main concerns as the Budget and Appropriations Committee is the value for money aspect in terms of the money that is shared out amongst counties, especially money which the national Government donates to counties. A sum of Kshs2 billion is being shared out amongst the counties to refurbish polytechnics. However, nothing much is happening in polytechnics. In Baringo County, where I come from, there are only 1,400 students in polytechnics despite the effort by the national Government to donate money every year to support polytechnics. I was in the 11th Parliament which initiated the conditional grants to Level 5 hospitals, but it is worrying. As the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we ask for reports to see how the money was applied at the Level 5 hospitals. We have realised that the conditional grants, which this House has always ring-fenced for use by Level 5 hospitals, are diverted to other areas. You may find that the Level 5 hospitals in Nakuru, Garissa or Mombasa do not receive their rightful shares for refurbishment. This House, again, continues to give 15 per cent of the fuel levy fund to counties for them to improve rural roads, but if you go to the counties, you will find that KeRRA, which receives more or less the same amount as the counties, does 10 or 20 times more work than the county governments. This is despite the fact that counties have been receiving funds specifically for development of rural roads. I wish we could do something to make sure that counties collect more money. For four months, counties have been complaining because the National Treasury has not disbursed funds to them due to the revenue sharing formula stalemate. Each county government is expected to collect some revenue. We expected them to use their own revenues as the Senate worked to agree on the revenue sharing formula."
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