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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Bill because the people of Kenya must know as they watch the National Assembly and the Senate proceedings on the allocations the various counties are receiving. Before I go to the Schedule, if you look at Clause 4 of this Bill, it says that each county government’s equitable share of revenue raised nationally on the basis of the revenue sharing formula approved by Parliament is in accordance with Article 217 of the Constitution. When the Division of Revenue Bill says that more than Kshs300 billion will go to county governments, what the Senate will do in consultation with the National Treasury is to formulate this Bill based on a formula of equitable share that was passed by both Houses, I think in 2013, that specifies the amount that each county will get. That formula, I am sure, is the one which was developed by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) in consultation with the Senate Committee on Finance. That formula which was approved by Parliament in accordance with Article 217 of the Constitution, in respect of the Financial Year 2016/2017, is shown under column (d) of the First Schedule of this Bill. On the same Clause 4 of this Bill, each county government’s allocation under the previous subsection shall be transferrable to respective County Revenue Fund in accordance with the payment schedule approved by the Senate. Once the two houses approve, the Senate will send this to the county governments and of course the National Treasury, through the Public Finance Management Act regulations, will send the resources to the County Revenue Fund. Clause 5 deals with conditional allocations from the national Government. The national Government has certain provisions provided for under the Constitution; that it can send conditional grant to the county governments. For the Financial Year 2016/2017, it is shown in column (h) of the Second Schedule and this comprises the conditional grants for Level 5 hospitals as set out under column (b) of the Second Schedule. I hope Hon. Chris Wamalwa is taking notes because what the Chairman could not do is what I am basically trying to do. The Chairman is very busy. The next Motion is his. So, with your indulgence, I want to help the House. There are conditional grants going to county governments including Level 5 hospitals. It is shown under column (b) special purpose grants which is supporting emergency medical service as set out under column (c). This must be Lamu, Tana River and other counties which have emergencies. This also applies to Mandera now where there is an outbreak of the cholera and the other disease which I cannot pronounce. The other conditional grant is the free maternal healthcare which is set out in column (d) of the Second Schedule; a pillar of the Jubilee administration to offer free maternity care for our mothers. Never again will women deliver under a tree or at home. They all deliver in hospitals, clinics and dispensaries. The delivery percentage in hospitals has gone up from 46 per cent when President Uhuru Kenyatta took over to 68 per cent today. The other conditional grant is to compensate the county health facilities, in what they call the user-fee revenue. There is another conditional grant from the national Government to county governments on the leasing of medical equipment as set out under column (4) of the Second Schedule. This is where there is leasing of medical equipment introduced by the Jubilee Government. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) cancer screening machines will be sent to all the 47 counties and the two hospitals. The people who are in Mandera and Turkana will never again come to Kenyatta National Hospital to access those facilities. That is another conditional grant. The last and the final conditional grant which the national Government is sending to county governments under this Bill is the conditional allocation from the Road Maintenance Fuel 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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