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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "time we are doing it this way. They should be well advised that there is no Supreme Court, which will make us defy the Constitution. If our reading of the Constitution is clear and, if you are able to interpret the Constitution, we will hold on to Articles 95(4) and 96(3) of the Constitution. Allow me to change tact and say that there are more reasons why we need to let this Bill pass. In the recent past, we have had a mediation process. The Mediation Committee is an institution of the Constitution and; it is the first time it has come in the dispensation of the new Constitution. We passed the Division of Revenue Bills 2013, 2014 and now we are considering the same in 2015 on mediation processes. We passed the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, the Environmental Management 9Amendment) Bill and the Public Audit Bill, 2014, which all went to mediation. It seems to me that the National Assembly has now charted a consistent way of strengthening institutions in our Constitution. In all the mediation we have had, we have never differed. Before the critics of the Constitution used to say that mediation processes will always fail, and we will get into a constitutional quagmire. We have shown leadership nearly in all areas that we have mediated on; we have had a way forward to strengthen the institution. I want to tell my colleagues that by passing this Bill this morning, we will be strengthening the Mediation Committee and Parliament, so that people will know that we have a Parliament that works. For that reason, I will urge that we be consistent with what we have set out and pass this mediation version. Hon. Speaker, the first proposal we had for the National Assembly, was for Kshs258 billion. The increase now brings it to Kshs259 billion, an increase of Kshs1.7 billion in the county equitable share revenue. We passed Kshs1.5 billion for level five hospitals. Now we have an increase of Kshs1.5 billion, giving Kshs3.6 billion to level five hospitals. The only relief I have in the Kshs3.2 billion, or Kshs3.3 billion, is that Kshs1.5 billion of it is conditional allocation which goes directly to the level five hospitals. It cannot be in the hands of any governor or in the hands of any county assembly or the Senate. It must go to the 11 level five hospitals which we have in the country. We do not have level five hospitals in all the counties. But wherever they are, they assist people in the neighborhood. Our people will go to those hospitals and get some medication. We know that people are not going to die. This is the only relief I see in giving money that goes directly to our people, considering that we deliberate on things concerning them. There is Kshs1.7 billion which the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) decided to increase salaries of county executives. The amount of Kshs1.7 billion, which has been mentioned by the Leader of the Majority Party, must come from that SRC because they knew what they were doing. They are the ones who increased those salaries. We must get that money from the Senate and give them because they effected the increases. Therefore, Kshs3.2 billion can come from somewhere; it directly goes to our people. I plead with hon. Members to show that we are the bigger brothers and we are able to get the counties going on. Under Article 224 of the Constitution, they are unable to do their budgeting, unless these things go on well. We know very well that if this Bill The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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