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    "id": 799942,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/799942/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, 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 of Uasin Gishu County, and four other officers in the Uasin Gishu County Government. The Petition relates to the status and funding of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) which is located in Eldoret within Uasin Gishu County. In the Petition, the petitioner states that:- (a) Although the MTRH is recognised as a referral hospital serving residents of Upper Rift Valley and Western Part of Kenya, it is has 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) The MTRH has since been reclassified by the Ministry of Health as level 6 referral hospital. Despite this, the MTRH has not been allocated any conditional grants for the Financial Year 2018/2019, the estimates of which are under considerations by Parliament. (c) Since the MTRH has now been classified as a level 6 referral hospital, the County Government of Uasin Gishu requests that funds be allocated to enable construction of a level 4 hospital to serve the residents of Uasin Gishu County. The petitioner, therefore, prays that the Senate urgently considers this matter to ensure that the MTRH benefits from conditional grants allocated for national referral hospitals in the Financial Year 2018/2019 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"
}