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    "id": 476498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "So, other than allocating this money now, we need to look at the bigger picture, so that the country will not again get into those kinds of problems. In the original schedule, I remember that we had allocated money to Level 5 hospitals. But something happened on the way and it was removed. We have now come back and started a dispute. I want to urge this House and the Senate to avoid such kind of issues in future. The counties are right now suffering because of lack of money. If we do not pass this Bill, it will be a bigger problem. The counties should come up with very clear systems of allocating funds for development projects. They are not strict on the allocation of money for development projects. A project can be allocated money and it is not implemented in the current financial year. Then, in the next financial year, there is no clear guideline that it will be implemented. They can borrow a leaf from the CDF where, once a project has been approved, it should be done. I want to support this - although with a lot of reluctance so that in future, we do not repeat the same. As I conclude, I want to urge this House to ensure that this report is amended to say that the Kshs5 million for the Economic Stimulus Programme in the 290 constituencies should be given through the CDF as a conditional grant. If it is not done that way, very little money will reach the ground if it passes through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. It will not add value if we allocate this money and it is not passed through the CDF. The beauty of the CDF is that we are sure that 100 per cent of the allocation will reach the mwananchi at home. We want our people to get services. We do not want rhetoric. Therefore, even as we support this, I want to reiterate that we must ensure that every county, once this money has been given, uses it properly to give services to the people. They should follow the right procedures of ensuring that all the hospitals get drugs on time. Currently, many hospitals, in most cases, do not get their drugs on time. That is because of lack of planning. We understand that this is a new system, but we need to re-think and probably support the national Government and the county governments in working together to ensure that those counties which do not have capacity to run the hospitals are assisted. We should ensure that whichever level of government is able to run the health function properly and efficiently, is given the opportunity to do so. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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