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    "id": 476489,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "Committee had set aside money for these hospitals. We actually proposed to ring fence the budget for the Level 5 hospitals. But later, at some stage, the proposed amount was put into counties allocation to come to the figure of Kshs226 billion. We decided not to go that direction because we realized we were not heading anywhere. Therefore, we had to come to a consensus, that it was important that we allocate money for the Level 5 hospitals, so that we do not unfairly disadvantage the counties that have these hospitals. Hon. Deputy Speaker, our Committee also looked into the issue of the format in which the presentation was made. That is also the area over which the Senate had actually disagreed with us; it was on the issue of the format in which the presentation was done and the percentages. That was corrected and the Committee agreed that the National Government will make a Kshs1.87 billion conditional allocation for financing of the Level 5 hospitals. This is because the county governments have already been budgeted for in line with the amount they put in the budgets they forwarded. It was felt that the county governments were not in a position whatsoever to contribute any further amounts for this purpose. There was a general concern that whatever measures, or legislation, shall be brought forth with respect to Level 4 or Level 5 hospitals--- Members of the Committee felt that there is need to look into all the counties. This is to ensure that there is funding for Level 5 hospitals wherever they are. This will ensure that members of the public from other counties do not have to travel to their neighbouring counties that have referral hospitals. This will ensure equity in the distribution of health resources. With those remarks, I support and second."
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