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    "id": 1225016,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are a number of other pertinent issues. We agree with this Petition, that other than the UHC staff, we also have internship programmes for the various cadres of health. Some cadres are given stipends during internship while there are others who do not. For those stipends that are being paid, it also varies for the same cadres in the different trainings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason the Ministry of Health has continued to hire workers to perform devolved function is because the Ministry in itself is inherent in clawing back on the devolution functions. Counties cannot recruit because the money that is meant for devolved function is still sitting in Afya House. I want to urge this House that during the Division of Revenue, our position as Senate is to ensure that counties be given a minimum of Kshs425 billion. On the idea of being told there are no funds, I want to tell this House that the balance from for Kshs 425 billion to Kshs385 billion is actually in Ministry of Health. It is being held in the Ministry, continuing to perform functions that are meant to be done by county governments. So, it is upon this House to make sure that the devolved function of health is performed by counties."
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