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    "id": 429048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "became necessary to divide that amount into two; Kshs3.65 billion each to provide for electricity both at the county and also as a function of the national Government. Therefore, what we have now is the rural electrification fund or the amount going to rural electrification of Kshs7.3 billion divided into two, Kshs3.65 is going to the counties and Kshs3.65 being managed by the national Government. I guess this will be done through constituencies. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to also add that there was a strong debate which we had with regard to Level 5 hospitals. We realize that Level 5 hospitals in this country serve more than one county. Our initial position was that those hospitals should be financed separately and distinctly. We also give conditional grants to these hospitals. Later on, because of the discussion we had between the Senate, the National Assembly and also the Council of Governors, we came to a conclusion that we should give the amount we had set for Level 5 hospitals to counties so that they share it and see how to fund these hospitals. Hon. Speaker, I accepted this position reluctantly because I do know that in this event, we are likely to starve Level 5 hospitals because those counties which do not have Level 5 hospitals; like mine, will not accept to contribute to neighbouring counties like Kisii and Kisumu, yet we get services from these hospitals. Hon. Speaker, it is a pity that as a country we do not think in a way that is beneficial to the entire country. We always get to cocoons of our counties. If Level 5 hospital in Kisii is not functioning well, even people from Suba Constituency will suffer. I know for a fact that hospital serves many of my constituents. Hon. Speaker, the other amount we decided to allocate to the county governments as their portion of shareable revenue is the Kshs1.4 billion. This amount was initially earmarked for youth polytechnics. I just want to highlight that because there has been a lot of talk on how much the governors and the counties have been calling upon us to give them and what this House has finally given."
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