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    "id": 473956,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Report by the Committee. I would like to thank the Senators who participated in this process for sticking to their guns so that the sharable revenue remained as it was passed by this House at Kshs226.66 billion. Additionally, we managed to get an additional allocation of Kshs1.87 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in seconding this Motion, part of the impression created at the National Assembly and which we must bring to the attention of the Senate is that the National Assembly thought wrongly that the Senate had taken a different position with regard to Level Five Hospitals. However, our position as the Committee was that the position of Level Five Hospitals is contained in the Constitution and not necessarily what they thought the Senate had passed in the previous Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in recommendation Number 25, it is important that we mention on the Floor of this Senate that we have urged the 11 counties that have Level Five Hospitals to go further, do the costing and negotiate with the national Government so that Kenyans do not suffer because of lack of adequate facilities at these hospitals, which cover more than one county and yet they have been left as a burden of some counties where the said hospitals are situated. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I second this Motion, I would like to make one last remark because it has raised some controversy. This is the issue regarding the 43 per cent. It is fair that we say so because the Constitution requires under Article 2013 that the percentage mentioned in the Schedule, that the Chairperson has mentioned, shall be calculated. So, the 43 per cent, although our position was that it would read that it is above 15 per cent, the Constitution requires that it should be calculated. But more importantly, it is the fact that the Senate must bear in mind that these figures are borne out of the 2009/2010 Budget, which says that we have some work to do so that the sharable revenue that we have come up with in the Schedule should ideally be more; but we have not complied with the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second this Motion and thank the Senate for giving us the mandate to mediate. I am happy to say that we have made history in the passing of this Mediation Bill in line with the Supreme Court order made last year. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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