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    "id": 444591,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "one Cabinet Secretary that is serving the Kenyan Government; you cannot fault him for what he is doing; we appreciate the work that he continues to do in his Departments. On the Budget Policy Statement, the Committee has lessons on this; next year, we will determine the ceilings at the stage of the Budget Policy Statement, so that by the time we come to the Appropriation Bill, we will not have the small financing gap that we are now struggling with. On Division of Revenue Bill, I think there is a process going on; I just note that in the future--- We have heard very long conversations on level five hospitals, I think there should be different solutions, including making them regional referral hospitals that could revert to the national Government, where counties are not able to fund them. If they are found fit to remain with the counties, then funds that should go to level five hospitals, will have to be given to the county governments. In this particular year, even as the matter goes to mediation, what we are saying is that of the Ksh226billion, we start by removing Ksh3.74 billion that should go to level five hospitals, and then the rest of the money is left for the equitable sharing. That would solve the problem that we now have. From Sh226 you remove sSh3.74 for level five hospitals in the eleven counties and then the rest of the money should go to the equitable share; we note that those counties have benefited from the youth polytechnics money and the money that was set aside for rural electrification. Also, looking at some of the Budget lines that we have, especially the D135, which contains the Devolution Ministry Funds, and the Constituency Development Fund, I think what we are saying in Africa is that a Member of Parliament is also an agent of development. In Kenya, a Member of Parliament is an agent of development. As an agent of Development, then you have to point out some priority areas that need to be developed. We have said many times, even to legal colleagues, that Members of Parliament are not implementers; they are vision carriers; they are champions of development in their areas."
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