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    "content": "Because this is not right, there is no way governors will to take over responsibilities of the national Government when the national Government is holding on to 78 per cent of the sharable revenues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one other thing I want to talk about; this is Level 5 Hospitals. We have been told that we are looking for a figure of Kshs10 billion to add to Kshs226 billion to support Level 5 hospitals. This is very good. However, Level 5 Hospital allocations cannot be part of sharable revenue among the 47 counties because we only have 11 Level 5 Hospitals. I know that most of these Level 5 Hospitals, in many places, act as referral hospitals. But we also know that 90 per cent of the cases that require medical attention are not handled at a referral level. They are handled at the basic point of entry, which are the health centres, dispensaries and so on. So, I want to urge the House and the Senate Majority Leader that when we go to Committee Stage, I will be very happy with you for a change if you brought an amendment to say that the Kshs10 billion from the national Government is not part of the sharable revenue. We need an additional sum of money to be loaded on to Kshs226 billion to enhance the revenues available for the counties. You will be doing a very good and noble job for your county and for the rest of the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, my distinguished junior represents a county that is quite disadvantaged. I have been there a few times and he knows it. If I had the power, I would allocate them even more money. Now that he seats in a seat where they sit exclusively to decide how much money can be shared, I want to encourage them to remember that they come from positions of disadvantage although they may be sitting on seats of advantage."
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