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    "id": 476702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "is a formula the Constitution has conditioned us to. That formula is generated by no other body apart from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and can only be amended by the Senate at any time. However, the Senate promised us that they were in the process of looking again at that formula. Therefore, we looked at the time element and realized that we did not have enough time to ask the Senate to amend and change the formula to provide funds for the Level 5 hospitals. We recognized as a Committee that despite all the problems, we have Level 5 hospitals which are very important for this country and must be funded. Therefore, we had to find a middle ground. We agreed that as a starting point, we need to allocate a conditional grant of half the original amount allocated; Kshs1.87 billion, bearing in mind that the national Government is also constrained. That is why we arrived at Kshs1.87 billion which is now a conditional grant and is going directly to Level 5 hospitals. It will be shared among the 11 Level 5 hospitals to push them forward. Someone is asking how that is possible. It is the same way Kshs.3.7 billion was allocated to health facilities in the last financial year. But I want to also add that the counties where these hospitals reside will still allocate more funds to these facilities to help facilitate their activities. The second point which none or very few people have spoken to is the issue of contention, that we should amend the schedule which stipulated that allocation to counties is 43 per cent. The argument from the Senate and many people in this country has been that the statement that we have allocated the 43 per cent based on the last audited and approved accounts is misleading. Fine, but our argument was that, that is what the Constitution says. Article 203 actually talks about allocating not less than 15 per cent of the last audited and approved accounts. It may be misleading, it may not be enough, actually, what CORD coalition is pushing now and which we must take to a referendum and I am sure Kenyans are going to pass, is that, we allocate not less than 40 per cent of the projected ordinary revenue to the counties. So when I talk of projected, it actually takes care of that. It is projected for the financial year. We did not agree with the Senate--- Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my time is running out but you---"
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