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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, in the Mediation Committee, we discussed that matter. Article 187 refers to a situation where under the Intergovernmental Relations Act, one level of government can transfer a function to be carried out by another level of government. It does not refer to a situation where, under the Fourth Schedule, a function has actually been devolved to a particular Government. This case of Level 5 hospitals is under the Fourth Schedule. Except the national referral hospitals, all the other hospitals were transferred by the Transition Authority (TA) to the county governments. For example, if Kakamega County desires that they transfer their particular hospital back to the county government, that is where now Article 187 Constitution applies. If there is a particular function that the national Government wants to transfer, outside the Fourth Schedule, that is where you use Article 187. The situation that we have here is different. Here, we have a situation where the functions have actually been devolved to those hospitals. They were devolved last year and money was allocated by this same House. Mr. Chairman, Sir, what I need to again point out to the hon. Senator is that in addition to the Kshs1.87 billion that is being allocated to these hospitals, what we have discussed – and this is known to the Council of Governors---"
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