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    "id": 476545,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also true that under the current Constitution, it is fairly vague as to where the Level 5 Hospitals lie; that is, between the national Government and the county governments. But, again, the action that has been taken by this Committee to ask Parliament to authorize Kshs1.8 billion from the national Government as conditional grant to the counties is in order, but it is not the way to go. This is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution, in my view, is that we must determine, once and for all, where those hospitals lie. In my view, those hospitals should squarely lie in the county governments. However, once we determine that, we must be able to do a thorough costing. From the outset, when we allocate money through the Division of Revenue Bill, we are clear that, that money is going to the county governments. We have given them the power to prioritize. We cannot continue, as a House, to micro-manage the county governments. Once we determine that those hospitals belong to them, this House must give them money and then they determine how to spend it. That is the long-term view."
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