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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "county governments will reduce this expenditure. Once they inherit, the doctors must be paid because that is an expenditure and the payroll numbers are going to increase. Hence, it is non-discretionary expenditure to county governments because they have to foot that bill of Kshs5.8 billion. We also looked at the payroll impact the housing levy will have to county governments. It came to about Kshs4 billion in terms of the upwards growth of the payroll. We also looked at the enhanced contribution to NSSF which amounted to about Kshs3 billion. This is going to really adversely impact the overall payroll of the county governments. These are legislations that are passed nationally and we are all subject them. The impact in terms of the cost needs to be rationally looked at when allocating vertical share of revenue between national and county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also looked at county aggregation and industrial parks that I have just shared. The county governors have made some political statements and commitments that have very serious financial implications of Kshs11.75 billion. The national Government was going to contribute Kshs250 million while the county governments have committed to match it up by contributing another Kshs250 billion. The cumulative effect of Kshs250 million times 47 counties is Kshs11.75 billion. Most of them have advertised that they did not have any money in the budget for that construction. Where will that bill go if Kshs11.7 billion from county aggregation and industrial parks is an impact on the budget, yet the proposal in the current Bill is moving it from Kshs385.425 billion to Kshs391 billion? Already, Kshs11.75 billion is increased on only one item. We looked at the issue of matching allocation commitment; another feel-good political commitment by governors without looking at its impact. When they appear before the Committee, they start saying that these numbers impact the payroll negatively when paying the CHPs. Why then commit if you are not able to meet? The impact also comes to Kshs3.23 billion on the payroll. I was a governor for 10 years and I will keep on saying this because experienced is not sometimes replaceable by other issues. Mandera County did not have a dialysis machine, a CT scan and advanced x-ray machines. Today, they do have, thanks to the Medical Equipment Services (MES). That structure of MES has ceased to be. County governments have obsolete equipment that require replacement or servicing. The machines have also not been built anywhere in the wisdom of the community. We looked at the importance of enhancing service delivery for county governments at the county level. It is an issue that the national Government came up with in its wisdom. Many people that used to seek dialysis by travelling to Nairobi and paying so much were able to access it in their respective counties. Thanks to this MES that was put in place through a national Government policy and supported by county governments. However, it has since been discontinued. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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