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    "id": 481150,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, and the whole team for a good job. Looking at this Bill holistically, one of the most contentious issue, which is also still in debate in the National Assembly, is the question of financing Level 5 Hospitals. It is important to remind the counties and the National Assembly that, first of all, there is no legal instrument on their own for reversing a function that has been devolved. It is nowhere. It is not in the Constitution. It is not in the transition to County Government Act. Lastly, it is not in the Inter Governmental Relations Act. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, reversing a function that has gone to any county is a decision of the county in consultation with the national Government. If they want to let go, they must sign and even agree the period with which that institution is being run. Article 187 of the Constitution confirms this position. It says the constitutional powers over that residual function still stand with the entities that have been given that function. 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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