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    "content": "cash disbursements as per the approved Schedule in addition to whatever they are publishing at the end of every month. Based on submissions from the National Treasury, some county accounts at the Central Bank reflect huge unspent balances. As at the 8th of July, 2016, we had Kshs32 billion that was unspent. It is critical for us that this be addressed promptly so that this money is not held, leading to the multiplier process in the counties. The National Treasury, in conjunction with the respective county treasuries ought to pursue evidence-based reporting on some of the programmes that we are passing today, especially the free maternity health care and the policy guiding the framework for forgone user fees at the county health facilities. This is because we need to know whether we are actually reimbursing the forgone user fee correctly and whether there is a mechanism in place to ensure that that is what is happening. This will, among other things, evaluate the impact of the allocated resources and determine the true cost of implementing these programmes and associated functions and thus guide subsequent allocations. We have the Equalization Fund that is supposed to have been already disbursed to the counties and which we continue to hear long stories about. It is time to finalize the matter of the Equalization Fund once and for all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the enemies of devolution made it clear that they do not wish this House to be effective on the ground. The role of civic education and who is to tell"
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