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    "id": 554791,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to support the Motion as amended by hon. Musyimi. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the work well done. They did their best. We also want to appreciate the effort of the Mediation Committee for going through all this to provide funds, especially to Level 5 hospitals. I hope this money will be ring-fenced. This is because last year, my Committee visited several hospitals including the Coast Provincial General Hospital, Kakamega Hospital and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital and found that the monies that were given as conditional grants had not been given to these institutions. I hope that the money should be channeled directly to the accounts of these institutions so that they are able to provide the various services. I want to support this Motion on the basis that the Senate and the National Assembly should stick to their constitutional mandates. The Constitution clearly gives the Senate mandate over allocation of funds to the various counties while the National Assembly deals with the Division of Revenue. If that had been followed we would not be in the quagmire we are in today. Hon. Speaker, we also know that we have challenges especially when it comes to fighting corruption in this country. Apparently, it seems as if when we devolved, we also devolved corruption. When the President made his Address to the National Assembly and the Senate, he gave a list but unfortunately, it seems to have become a cash cow for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). This is because from where some of us stand, we are aware that the EACC has been asking money from various people mentioned in that list so that they do away with their files. I think this is a position that the Government needs to rethink."
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