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    "id": 708270,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage)",
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        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I had given a detailed answer to Sen. Wangari but this is the response:- The Fourth Schedule, Articles 185 (2), 186 (1) and 187 (2) outlines the distribution of functions between the national and county governments. The Ministry of Health has indicated that they recruit on the basis of delegated authority by the Public Service Commission. However, Article 234 (3) (d) prohibits the Public Service Commission from recruiting for the county governments while Article 235 assigns the responsibility to the county governments. The Ministry is basing its recruitment on the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution which allows the national Government to provide capacity building and technical assistance to the counties. This is done through consultation and co-operation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee is in the receipt of communication from the Council of Governors (CoG) and their position is that the county governmentsenjoy human resource recruitment autonomy and the national Government cannot unilaterally without any consultation recruit staff. It is, therefore, the Committee’s opinion that consultations did not take place at all for those recruitments that have been done so far. The Ministry of Health insists that the consultation process took place. However, as stated above according to the CoG, no such consultations took place. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Health has indicated that the ongoing recruitment of health personnel will continue to engage the counties. It is the opinion of the Committee that the process needs to be stopped. In terms of remuneration by the Ministry, it states that it will seek assurance from the counties affected that they will absorb the recruited staff. We intend to invite the CS and the Principal Secretary (PS) of Health to discuss this issue further. Thank you."
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