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    "id": 480578,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to support, but plead with the Senators not to fall into a trap where there exists a report at the National Assembly that this function should be taken up by the national Government. We will be doing the counties a big disfavour if we reject the schedule as mediated, because we all know that this was a mediated position. In fact, we were being requested, as the Senate, to reduce the sharable revenue by Kshs1.87 billion. So, Members must support the fact that we agreed to a sharable revenue of Kshs226 billion and rejected the idea of having a sharable revenue of Kshs224 billion, so that we could fund Level 5 hospitals. We are of the position, as the Mediation Committee of the Senate, that if the national Government insists that this function has to be devolved, it must be devolved together with funds. Mr. Chairman, Sir, as we debate this issue, Sen. Wetangula has already mentioned that there is a report being debated in the National Assembly, where this function will actually be taken over by the national Government. The Senate Committee on Health should, therefore, look at the report that has been produced by National Assembly Committee on Health. Therefore, although there appears to be a shortfall here, we agreed to this position, as the Senate, because we did not want to reduce the sharable revenue. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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