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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support this Motion on Equalization Fund. Nakuru County is known to be one of the best agricultural areas, however, there is a lot of urban poor settlements. That is around Nakuru Town, Elburgon, Gilgil and Naivasha towns. Nakuru County neighbours many counties and majority of them get their services from Nakuru County. If I pick one of it, the medical services, we have counties like Narok that uses Naivasha Referral Hospital as their hospital. We have the Nakuru Level 5 Hospital, where people from Kericho, Bomet, Baringo and even all the way from Eldoret use it. When you look at the Equalization Fund allocation we have been given, it is unfair because it is only about Kshs8 million. This money is given to ensure that it cushions areas that are lagging behind and people living below the poverty line. If you look at the people living in Nakuru and the areas neighbouring it, such as Baringo County which has been given Kshs400 million, you will see areas in Subukia such as Waseges, a semi-arid area that does not grow anything. You come to Solai, Soin in Rongai, and it is the same story. We will support this Motion, but the way it was done, the mechanism used for the Equalization Fund was not fair. I believe it could have been done better. What the Government needs to do is to ensure they bring back the grant they used to give to the level five hospitals because we support the neighbouring counties. You cannot differentiate the people living in Nakuru when they use our hospitals. Our Level 5 hospitals in Nakuru County and Naivasha should serve more than two million people, but we are talking of over 15 million people. They need to bring back that fund they used to give to the Level 5 hospitals to cushion them from the high traffic experienced every day for our people to enjoy the facilities of their hospitals."
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