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    "content": "Hon. Senators, I have petition from the Governor and officers of the Uasin Gishu County Government regarding the status of, and funding of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Uasin Gishu County (MTRH). Pursuant to Standing Orders No.220(1)(a) and 225(2)(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through the Clerk by Hon. Jackson K. Mandago, the Governor, Uasin Gishu County and five other officers in the Uasin Gishu County Government. The petition relates to the status of and funding of MTRH which is located in Eldoret within the Uasin Gishu County. In the petition, the petitioner’s state:- (a) THAT, although the MTRH is recognized as a referral hospital serving the residents of upper Rift Valley and Western parts of Kenya, it has for long been classified as a Level 4 hospital. This has meant that since the onset of devolution, the MTRH has not benefitted from the conditional grants allocated through the budget process to other referral hospitals; (b) THAT, the MTRH has since been reclassified by the Ministry of Health as a Level 6 referral hospital. Despite this, the MTRH has not been allocated any conditional grant for the Financial Year 2017/2018; The estimates of which are under consideration by Parliament; and (c) THAT, since the MTRH has now been classified as a Level 6 referral hospital, the County Government of Uasin Gishu requests that the funds be allocated to enable the construction of a Level 4 hospital to serve the residents of Uasin Gishu County. The petitioners, therefore, pray that the Senate urgently considers this matter to ensure that the MTRH benefits from the conditional grant allocated to national referral hospitals in 2017/2018 and subsequent financial years. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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