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    "content": "We still have parastatals like the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC); we still have a big problem with the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who are not funded in any of the counties, and some of those are challenges that we will need to deal with. There is also the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA). These are institutions which fall in the category of parastatals that we think should be left alone in the national Government so as to deal with some of those functions. We should, in fact, enforce other parastatals, and one of the parastatals that I think should be enforced is the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). KEMSA is one of those bodies that import all the medicine that we use in our country. It will be a long time before counties have the capacity to import relevant medicines and vaccines, to store them safely and ensure that they are useful. I think it is okay if we have a parastatal that is able to do this and which we can do business with. Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the issue of Column D in the allocation of these funds, you have heard that this is a suspect column. This is one column that we need to look at again. I personally think that this column should not be there as long as the national Government remains with 85 per cent of the revenue of this country. It can deal with those things we call “conditional” so that we can deal with funds that we can equitably distribute throughout the country without having to distribute some funds with a formula that is not well defined. Lastly, we have been discussing this Bill which is talking about Kshs198 billion but in our minds, we know about the legally accepted amount which is Kshs210 billion. The last paragraph in this Bill is one of those things that do not make any contribution but is offensive. It is trying to explain in a very bad manner the differences between the National Treasury’s allocation and the allocations that have been done using the formula. With those remarks, I want to say I support this Bill on condition that the amendments are going to go through this House and be passed and approved."
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