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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to add my voice in supporting the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017. A lot has already been said but this is a very important Bill in the sense that it actually distributes money between the national Government and the county governments. We have come a long way, from the promulgation of the Constitution to the time the county governments came into being. We have seen a lot that has been done very well in some counties and badly in other counties. There is no need of pretending that most of the counties have done well. There are few examples but we need to face the facts that we all thought that devolution was going to change our areas in terms of development, empowerment of the people, food security and health provision. It is a highway of people at the county level to even do as they please. If we were all speaking in the same language and reading from the same script and knowing the meaning of what devolution was meant to do, then we would all be very happy with what is supposed to be happening. It is not everybody who has not done what they ought to do. People should visit counties like Kwale County to just see the meaning of devolution and then appreciate what devolution is all about. People go for benchmarking trips to that place and when they leave, they have a different picture of what devolution is supposed to be. In some of our areas, we even find Members of County Assembly (MCAs) looking for offices trying and to hide themselves in some corners and even in dispensaries because they do not have a place where they can do their business. You find ward administrators running in the streets. They have nothing to do because they do not even have a place they can call an office where they can work for the wananchi . A number of these counties are not aware of what they are supposed to do and we are in the fourth year. We are just about to finish the first term yet they do not seem to have a clue on what they are supposed to do. A lot of money has been shared and it does not help us if we start complaining instead of looking at the best way that these people can use the funds which have gone down to them properly. I need to point out that NHIF is the best vehicle that can be used for free maternity services. Why am I saying this? I want to explain. As the Departmental Committee on Health, we have really agitated for this for a long time and I am glad now it is coming to fruition. It will be very helpful. A normal delivery costs about Kshs5,000 to Kshs6,000. However, Kshs6,000 in a year can cover a whole family not only for the mother to deliver the baby but also cater for her 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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