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"content": "money but it is coming.” Let the people of Siaya know that the money we approve today is money that will be sent to Siaya County just like in all other counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to specifically comment on clauses. Clause 5 is about Conditional Allocations to County Governments. The first conditional allocation is to Level 5 hospitals. I take this opportunity to thank Sen. Kagwe, Senator for Nyeri County and Sen. Elachi who joined in mediation with National Assembly and managed to, at least, secure these conditional funds. I cannot just leave it there. The public must know that the Conditional Fund that I am talking about has been given to 11 hospitals in Kenya. The 11 hospitals include Embu, Garissa, Kakamega, Kiambu, Kisii, Kisumu, Machakos, Meru, Mombasa, Nakuru and Nyeri former provincial general hospitals. I want to emphasize to the people of Kakamega that over and above the Kshs8.9 billion that I have talked about, there will be specifically Kshs342 million that will go to the former Kakamega Provincial General Hospital. I want to urge the people, especially the Members of the County Assembly of Kakamega, to put pressure on the Governor, because the first and second allocations that were meant to serve the former provincial hospital in Kakamega are still lying at the National Bank of Kenya. This money is now adding into it and is approaching almost a billion, and the hospital has got a myriad of problems. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want now to comment on the second conditional allocation, which is, free maternal health care. When the President announced free maternal health care, our biggest concern was how those services will be funded. The national Government has responded by giving this conditional allocation, and I must congratulate them. But when you analyze the figures, you become very angry. In this allocation, the County Government of Kakamega has been given Kshs214 million compared to the County Government of Kiambu with Kshs224 million. Kiambu has, therefore, been given more money than Kakamega. Why is this wrong? This money is supposed to serve maternal child health. Between Kakamega County and Kiambu County, which one has more deliveries and children? It is Kakamega. Why are they giving more money to Kiambu at the expense of Kakamega which records more deliveries and has, therefore, more children? This is not right. They think that we are not able to analyze this document. We are analyzing it and reminding them that some of us are health professionals. I know, as reported last year, that the birth rate in Kakamega is 45 and the one in Kiambu is 38. To show how great the injustice is, because I know that you belong to the Jubilee arm, that injustice is not just against Kakamega County. It is even against counties in your region. Kericho has got one of the highest birth rates in this country, at 54, but you will not believe that it is receiving only Kshs98 million for this service. Kiambu is getting more yet it has got less than half of the deliveries in Kericho. This being a House of equity, we must raise our voices, so that the people in the national Treasury know that we understand these things and they will not keep on hiding. This is not a joke. Murang’a has got a birth rate of only 24 compared to Vihiga which has got a birth rate of 37. When you go to the allocation, it is so laughable that Murang’a 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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