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    "id": 799017,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House should ensure that as we look at the allocations, finances should follow functions. I concur with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. that if we separate Bills as money Bills without putting the context of service provision at the lowest levels of the counties for which we are responsible, then we will be missing the point. The principle of the County Wards Development Equalization Fund is to push resources down to the frontlines of service provision at the local level. So, some of the money Bills should never be discussed out of the context of services they are supposed to provide. With additional equipment, I hope that we Senators will ensure that we audit how far we have come in terms of service provision in our facilities as a result of the equipment we have, given that we are now in the fourth year of the implementation of the equipment. I know that there are places where equipment is collecting dust for we do not have qualified personnel to use it for service provision. These are some of the things that we need to look at as we oversight these funds. For the additional conditional allocation to Level 5 hospitals, we have been bashing Kenyatta National Hospital, though I do not know if the other Level 5 hospitals are also not working. Kenyatta National Hospital is overwhelmed by the numbers that are being referred there, especially women who have to now give birth in undignified conditions. It is not that the referral system is not working but the facilities that we are calling Level 5 are not working to the level and quality of service that the women or citizens require. We need to find a way of decongesting Kenyatta National Hospital. I would like to commend Moi Referral Hospital because I have seen it handling a lot of referrals from its catchment area, which is the Rift Valley though I have not seen much from the rest of the Level 5 hospitals. I would like to ask the same question as Sen. Mwaura; what are the criteria for us to make Level 5 hospitals similar? This has been done in all sectors, education included, where we have decided on the schools that are to be national. That is the same thing that we have done with the Level 5 hospitals but we need to ask ourselves as we pump money 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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