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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to join my colleagues to support the Report by the Committee on Finance and Budget to reject the amendments by National Assembly. It looks like our colleagues in the National Assembly do not know what happens in the counties. When they get such a report, the first item they want to reduce is what goes to the counties. There are about 11 of us in this House who were Members of National Assembly from 2013 to 2022. When you come here, you realize the need for protecting devolution and counties by giving them resources. There are no separate people for counties and the national Government. We serve the same people. I believe it is important that we engage very closely with our colleagues in the National Assembly, so that they understand and give counties priority in terms of resource allocation to the counties. This is one of the reasons we need to fight as a House and agitate for the budget-making process to come to this House, so that it goes through the two Houses. They believe that because they have that weapon, they can do whatever they do and then we go into mediation. You can imagine last year, we sent Kshs385 billion to the counties. We had agreed to Kshs400.1 billion, and they have now reduced it to Kshs380 billion. They are not serious. At the same time, they are raising the resources that are going to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) and National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF). This is serious. In fact, I want to touch on a few items. Our colleagues have talked about what happened early this year on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Social Health Authority (SHA) and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). We employed close to about 100,000 CHPs. The national Government is contributing Kshs2,500 and the counties Kshs2,500, making a total of Kshs5,000. This is not even a salary because the minimum wage is way above Kshs15,000. This is just a 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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