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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for also giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion or this Report from the Mediation Committee. I thank them for the good work that they have done. I think it is the second one as provided for in Articles 112 and 113 of the Constitution, even though I expected our Chairman of the Budget and Appropriation Committee to first of all bring the Report to us before we bring it to this House. However, I understand that the time that he had was limited. Nevertheless, as always you have rose to the occasion and you have done a good job and we support you. Much has been said about this Kshs1.87 billion to our Level 5 hospitals but I think all along our Budget and Appropriations Committee has had concerns about the issue of the costing of the functions. Without this, honestly, I believe that we are sending a lot of money to these counties and that is why a lot of misappropriations are going on. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was a little bit concerned when I heard my good friend, hon. Nyamweya, say that we should not worry but just send money to the counties and then make a follow up. We sent to Nairobi County Kshs9 billion last year and if you ask Members of Parliament from Nairobi if they have seen this money in their respective constituencies, the answer will be in the negative. This applies to very many other constituencies across our country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue was under-utilisation of funds by our counties. Most of us saw the other day in the newspapers that a lot of money has not been used by the counties. Even though it will not be sent back to the Treasury, the fact remains that we are now going to the second year and the funds have not been utilised. If you ask people on the ground why this money has not been utilized, they will tell you that it is because of lack of capacity of the counties to utilise these funds. It is very unfortunate that we keep on sending a lot of money. If I were to go to my county and see that the services that we are supposed to provide for our people are there, I have no problem. I have no problem with what my colleagues are saying, that probably we need more money to go to the ground or counties. However, I have one problem as a Member of Parliament for Narok West that we are giving these people money and we are not seeing it working on the ground. You will agree with me that we have used the little 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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