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    "id": 531592,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "most of it, if not all the increment, will go to development. We encourage the counties not to add salaries or add more personnel. People at the county level require a lot of development. The county allocation has been divided into two, namely, the county equitable share and the conditional allocation, which is very important. Last year, we had some allocation in the form of conditional grant which was changed the last minute. That was very important in terms of giving training to the youth. The allocation was for the purpose of building youth polytechnics in all the counties. The last minute change was a very serious weakness and most of the counties have not built youth polytechnics. We are not going to see that development soon because of the issue of sharing the money in small bits. We need a serious allocation to ensure that these youth polytechnics are built in the counties. The only way to achieve this was to put the allocation in conditional grant. Unfortunately, this allocation has done the same and the youths have not been considered. Most of this conditional grant, which has been given to the counties of around Kshs25 billion is allocated to the health sector. This is important, but I wish we could also have put youth polytechnics as under conditional grant. This conditional grant is the only way to ensure that counties do not use the money for any other purpose other than the purpose that is indicated on the conditional grant. On free maternal healthcare, although this has been implemented, it is not well implemented. Most of the health facilities are still charging for maternity services. We have allocated about Kshs4.3 billion for that. Therefore, our mothers and children will enjoy this service without being charged more. On the leasing of equipment, this is a very noble idea by the national Government. This is because many people are forced to travel a lot. For instance, people from Kericho County have been travelling all the way to Eldoret or Nairobi to get medical services. Now that there is this provision given to national Government, it is important that this matter is handled very carefully. When counties asked to be given equipment, it is important for the governors to realise that the intention of this provision is to devolve the health sector from the national level to the county level so that people at the grassroots can access specialised medical services without struggling much, for example, being forced to travel long distances. Unfortunately, there is an impending dispute in the whole country. In most of the counties, governors have identified hospitals which are close by. There is no regional balance in terms of location of these health facilities.Therefore, it is important for the national Government, through the Ministry of Health, to ensure that there is proper consultation and due care in terms of identification of health facilities which will benefit."
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