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    "id": 428624,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/428624/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. K.K. Kinyanjui",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kinyanjui Mburu Kk",
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    "content": "Chairman and Committee on how we can go about this to ensure that the money is not shared amongst the Level 5 Hospitals only. We should ensure that the counties that do not have Level 5 Hospitals but have Level 4 Hospitals can also benefit. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is another very interesting thing and I wonder whether this House is aware of it. Prof. Nyikal and Dr. Pukose mentioned a very important thing – that medical doctors are resigning from Level 5 and Level 4 hospitals. Therefore, as much as we would like to devolve some services to the counties, we should re-think about devolution of health services to the counties. The situation is very disappointing. People are dying. Doctors are resigning from county hospitals. I would, kindly, urge this House and the relevant Departmental Committee to urgently come up with a solution because our people are losing their lives. We are still pumping money to those facilities. There is a provision in the Constitution which says that if a function is not being carried out effectively at either level, it can be reverted to either the national Government or county government. So, I would kindly ask the professionals in that area to think of how we can go about it, so that we can save the lives of our people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another thing is about the Economic Stimulus Programme projects. In my constituency, the centre for academic excellence is not yet complete. Even the market is half-way done. The health facility is also half-way done. Therefore, I take this opportunity to congratulate our very able Chairman and Committee for providing for those projects. I hope that next time, we will enhance this amount to Kshs10 billion and, subsequently, to Kshs15 billion to ensure that centres of academic excellence, health facilities and markets are completed. Otherwise, the Committee is doing a good job. Our brother, hon. Kaluma, was trying to introduce a very important amendment on the provision to REA. My constituency has over 100 primary schools, while the neighbouring constituency has about 50 primary schools. So, there will be a lot of inequalities. Therefore, we must come up with a formula of ensuring that the money is shared according to the number of primary schools in each constituency. Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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