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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronicah Maina",
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    "content": "Clause 8 of the Bill defines the use of the own source revenue that would be collected in the facilities. I urge all Senators who are hesitant to allow the use of own source revenue to consider that after counties have appropriated finances through the Public Finance Management Act (PFM), they still utilize the resources. Hon. Members should not be jittery about counties utilizing resources, what we need are checks and balances and accounting systems that are able to capture how the revenue is being utilized. This is a Bill that shows how devolution works. It entrusts the counties to collect the revenue and expend it for services that cannot wait for red tape bureaucracy. This Bill will ensure that resources are utilized properly, accounting is done, auditing reports are generated out of the finances or resources utilized. Members are allowed to enjoy what they cannot have usually, for example, when there are no gloves or masks in hospitals because of the procurement system and delays. I will pick out Clause 15 of the Bill on the hospital management team. The structure laid out by the Bill is elaborate and inclusive of the communities that are being served by those health institutions. This is important because the membership envisaged in Clause 18 is inclusive. It gives members of the community – the ones I would describe as ‘hustlers’ – a representative. It is almost like putting an oversight at the grassroots level. Members of the community being served by the health institution are interested in the running of the health facilities. I see a situation where counties will build institutions to a level where there are universities, based on the framework that has been given in this Bill. For those many reasons, I support the Bill."
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