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    "content": "You and my dear brother from West Pokot County were with me in the last Government. You may remember that the Government at the time passed through Cabinet an elevation of 23 hospitals to referral status so that these hospitals could then be put at the management level of the national Government. Looking around, there is theft of funds and mismanagement all over. How do you explain as a doctor that 95 per cent of health services are devolved, through this House, we give Kshs389billion to go to devolution which is to be shared between 47 counties? Even if each county put 10 per cent of its revenue in health, it will be under Kshs40 billion for health countrywide. However, looking at the budget that was passed in the National Assembly last year, the Ministry of Health was given Kshs110 billion to deal with policy and five referral hospitals out of which only two can properly be called serious active hospitals. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, why are we neglecting health yet it is the foundation of the nation? A healthy nation is a working nation. A healthy nation is a running nation. A healthy nation is a productive nation. A healthy nation will be a rich nation. However, instead of sitting with doctors to address their plight, we are sending them to jail. The Judiciary is an arm of Government. The doctors did not take themselves to court, somebody did. Whether it is the county government through CoG or the national Government through “whoever”---. Under Article Six of the Constitution, these two governments work collaboratively. They consult and work together. When it comes to a matter such as one of the doctors, we do not expect anything less than the President calling the CoG or the Governors’ Summit to address the issue even if it means freezing the expenditure on some of these extravagant programmes and projects. I beg to support the Motion."
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