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    "content": "and a number of counties with those hospitals that are finding it very difficult to run. The Ministry is proposing, as some Members may be aware, to re-classify some of the hospitals into national referral hospitals. I think going forward, that is the plan they are looking at so that they are funded and maintained. They also think that some of them should be upgraded. Then we have a conditional grant of Kshs900 million to compensate county health facilities on the foregone user fees. This is to sustain the Government policy of not charging user fees in public health facilities. We have a conditional grant for road maintenance levy of Kshs3.3 billion. This conditional grant is to enhance county government capacity to repair and maintain county roads. It is the 15 per cent of the road maintenance levy which will be transferred to the county governments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also had a conditional grant in the Bill of Kshs1.4 billion.This is a grant from the Government of Denmark and a loan from World Bank. These funds are intended to support the delivery of health services in county health facilities. When we come to the county allocation, we will look at the details per county that is where the allocation of each county will come in. Here, we are discussing the general figures of each counties but in the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, we will go into details of what goes to which county and how much. Then there is the conditional allocation financed by other loans and grants received from devolvement partners amounting to Kshs9.3 billion. These allocations relate to loans and grants contracted prior to the establishment of the county governments. So there are ongoing projects and therefore the existing financing agreements guide the structures and management framework of all those programmes and projects. Those are the figures in this Bill. The equitable share for the next financial year, as I have explained, was built up from last year’s base of Kshs226 billion to arrive at Kshs258,008,000,000. The key component there is the revenue growth of Kshs23 billion. The second key item is the Kshs4.5 billion for salaries. That is how the Kshs258,008,000,000 is built up. The conditional allocation of Kshs25 billion comprises of maternity, general healthcare, lease of medical equipment and Level 5 hospitals, among other items. That is what is proposed. In discussing this Bill, we had an opportunity to sit with the Treasury to discuss why they are proposing these figures. We had a lot of discussions on each of these items. The minutes of this Committee provide for all that. Page 15 of the Bill, Table 2, provides a basis for sharing our revenue between the national and county governments in accordance with Article 203 of the Constitution. Article 203 is very important to Members because it determines the criteria to be used. One of the criteria, for instance, is the national interest, public debt and so forth. For instance, if you look at Table 2 on page 15, you will see that the first row is on ordinary revenue for 2015/2016 which is Kshs1.2 trillion. That is what they expect to collect in the next financial year. Under “b”, the national interest under Article 203, is defined according to the Government after looking at those items; for example, enhancement of security operations. There is need to invest more in security. They are looking at getting more 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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