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    "content": "Schedule is based, was passed in late August. As a matter of fact, it was around 13th August or so. That is the reason the month of July is not there. But the money for the 12 months is spread over the 11 months. In other words, the money for July has been spread over the remaining 11 months. So, I think that it was done to comply with the Act. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the second point raised by Sen. Karaba as to why the amounts are different is because the amounts shown on the Schedule is the shareable equitable share. That is the amount which is being shared out. This is the Kshs190 billion and does not include the Kshs16.5 billion for the donor funding and Kshs3.4 billion for the Level 5 hospitals. These ones are shown separately. If you look at the Schedule, the second last row shows the Level 5 hospitals provision for each of the months. The total is actually Kshs3.4 billion and is spread out for each of the months, because not all the counties have got Level 5. But the actual details of what each county is supposed to get are available in the Act. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the Kshs16 billion for the conditional grant on projects, I think that it does not fall in the budgets of the county governments. I think that there is an agreement that this is the amount that the national Government will spend on behalf of each county, through an agreement that they will get into, with respect to specific projects that have been funded by donors. So, this is only the equitable share and that is why the figure is different from what is in the Act. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Members for their very valuable contributions on this Schedule. I think that we all need to be vigilant, especially as Senators, because of the responsibility that we have in ensuring that the national Treasury complies with this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I want to request your indulgence to defer putting the question on this Motion to Wednesday 2nd October at 2.30 p.m., because this is a Motion that affects counties and at this stage, we may not have the requisite number to conduct the vote. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move."
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