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    "content": "These hospitals serve people across counties. In Murang’a, for instance, where we do not have a Level 5 Hospital, we go to what used to be the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital. We expect that the Nyeri Level 5 Hospital will be funded directly by the funds going to Nyeri County. This is because people go to that hospital all the way from Isiolo, Meru, Murang’a, Kirinyaga and other places. I would like the Members of the “lower” House to appreciate that before each county can have a Level 5 Hospital, we must be reasonable enough to allow the financing of the existing Level 5 Hospitals so that they can serve everybody. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I feel very offended when I hear people talk about supremacy battles, when the Senate speaks in reason to improve devolution. The Committee on Finance of the National Assembly must realize that we voted for the Kshs7.7 billion here, over a very long period of time, with a view to enhancing and emboldening devolution. So, it is good that, at least, we have a way forward. But remember the request that we made to the MCAs in Mombasa in the last meeting; that they should find it fit to sit down with the Members of Parliament and talk to and tell them that the Senate is there for the benefit of the lowest levels of devolution – the wards – where our people that we serve and have sworn to protect are. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe without fear of contradiction that the Committee you have directed to go to mediation will put our case forward and very properly, so that none of the Kshs7.7 billion that we voted for to help devolution grow, will be whittled down because it is done in the interest of our country, counties and the people that we represent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity."
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