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    "content": "constituencies the same way. Kilome Constituency has the lowest with 14000 while Mbooni has the highest with 36,000. We have information on the number of constituencies with the highest or lowest primary education with Kibwezi East in Makueni County leading. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of planning, it is these statistics that will help. The book I am holding is entitled: ‘ Facts and Figures 2017, Kenya National Bureau ofStatistics: men and women of Kenya.’ It says that between ages zero and four, there are 3,526 females and 3,582 males. That is the country. Would it not be nice for every Senator and Governor to hold a book like this saying, for example, the Wajir County has ‘X’ number of women between the ages zero to four and 14 to 17. This is national statistics; not aggregated in terms of counties. Why then is this Bill important? Sen. Farhiya, in her proposal, quoted Clause 4(2). We have this problem in the Committee of Finance and Budget. The Clause says:- “The office shall, in carrying out its responsibilities under subsection (1), be guided by statistical standards and use appropriate methodologies approved by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.” If, for example, Tharaka-Nithi County collects data on the number of children born in every maternity hospital, the number of mothers who are on post-natal care and the number on free maternal health care - because we do not know how many women are receiving the benefit in your county - the question would be: What do we do with these statistics once collected? The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is of the view – and I disagree - that once this statistics are collected, they should be forwarded to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics for recording. I propose that Clause 18 be amended so that once this statistics come from our counties, they become the national statistics, particularly if the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed that the standards that are envisioned in Clause 4(6) are correct. In the last four budget cycles, the counties in the northern frontier, that is, Wajir and Mandera counties have had problems with population. Turkana County lost Kshs1.5 billion in the last formula because of the question of population. If the counties had done their own statistics, these problems would not arise and they would not be in our budget cycle. Therefore, the question of the monies that we accord to them being reduced would not arise. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the purpose of devolution is not to have numbers. We are not counting cattle or the amount of goats we have; we are counting people. How much does it cost to have services in a Level Five Hospital? This year we have Kshs4.3 billion for the 13 Level Five Hospitals in the country. Is that money enough? How many people have been served using that kitty that comes from the national Government? We have no statistics on that. From what I have gathered, Machakos Level Five Hospital, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital Level Six and Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital Level Five are catering for more people which cost more than the amount of money that is being given. Because we are not collecting statistics as a nation, we are sending money into a hole. As far as I am concerned, it is a hole. Statistics will enable counties to plan. 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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