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    "id": 628042,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the amendment which has been proposed by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. The amendment is a very reasonable proposal going by the figures which are before us. The average revenue, as he stated, was 13 per cent over the past four years. The Treasury should not, therefore, use arbitrary figures or percentages to deprive counties of money. When you look at the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) on revenue projection - that is on No.67 on Page 18 - you will realise that they have projected revenue in the 2016/2017 Financial Year to be Kshs1.5 trillion, which is 20.6 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That is from the current Kshs1.36 trillion which is 21.1 per cent. So, 7.9 per cent is really depriving counties money when we know that counties are having problems, the health sector faces problems, doctors are not being paid and we need to buy sufficient drugs in counties. We need to equip hospitals in the counties so that they can match hospitals at the national level. We know that our people are dying because of starving the health sector with money. The Abuja Declaration states that not less than 15 per cent of the money should be allocated to the health sector yet at the moment, what is being allocated to health is a paltry 3 per cent. I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that this amendment be approved by the House, so that counties are given sufficient money by using the 13 per cent of the revenue growth. The Government is still safe because it has projected twice the figure that it is trying to allocate to the counties. I, therefore, support the amendment."
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