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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have talked about Level 5 hospitals. It pains that we have reduced the money for those hospitals. I come from Kisii County and the Level 5 hospital serves beyond Kisii County. It serves people from Migori County; it serves people from Kisumu County and it serves people from Kilgoris. So, it is unfortunate that as at this level we can say that it belongs to a county. It is like a national school. We have national schools in this country which are funded. They are given money because we know the kids across this country. So as we move on, I know that the worst is that we try and hide under rules and the Constitution when we should be doing the correct thing for this country. Level 5 hospitals are national assets. For example, if you get an accident, that is where you will go for treatment. If it is in Nakuru, that is where you will go for treatment. Nobody is going to say that you come from Kisii County and so go there. You will go where the accident has happened. So as we move forward, it is really painful that they have lost 50 per cent of their revenue allocations. I thank the Chairman for his patience. He has been very patient on this together with the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee in this National Assembly. He has taken a lot of time to go through the figures. However, I want the guys in the Treasury to take them seriously because if we have passed this Budget, money should be used the way we have passed it in the Budget. It is very unfair for hon. Members to take a lot of time, listen, take opinions and when money goes, the technocrats in the Treasury, the Office of the President or in charge of infrastructure and Ministries do what they want. We must be more serious in this House because if we have passed this Budget, let us follow it up so that the money which we have allocated, if it is in infrastructure, it should go there. We need to take more measures as the National Assembly that if funds are diverted - it is not only the Budget and Appropriations Committee but also the Departmental Committee on Finance – from a specific Ministry to another one and Parliament has not sanctioned it --- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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