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    "content": "This is one case where the Board suffers a lot. It is not entitled to get funds from the appropriation account. But when you look at the activities that the Board carries out, they are entitled to get funds from the appropriation vote. Therefore, it is our considered opinion that we should initiate that process. We will do it either as a Committee or any other Member can take it up and process it, so that we amend Section 33 of the Act to allow the Board to get funds. Finally, on the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), we observed as follows: On account of the critical mandate of the Council, the Committee noted that there is need for it to be supported by the Exchequer. This is another organisation with the same problem. The Council operations rely on the revenue received from registration and licensing of doctors and health facilities, which is inadequate to finance its operations and run as a going concern. We recommend that within three months upon the adoption of this Report, the National Assembly should do the same and initiate the legal process to amend Section 25 of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act to expressly provide for direct disbursement of funds to the Council without the Ministry seeking approval from the National Treasury. The caveat in this Section 25 is that for you to get any allocation, the Ministry has to seek approval from the National Treasury before it appropriates funds, which is contrary to the current Constitution. The Constitution provides that the Ministry should initiate the budget process for sector roles so that it goes upwards to the National Treasury, which is the opposite. So, I implore my colleagues on the Committee to take up the role it deserves, so that we initiate the process to make sure that we amend Section 25 of this Act for the Board to get funds directly from the exchequer."
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