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    "id": 878093,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/878093/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as we are concerned, those are functions of the national Government and in any case, national interest is not the privilege of the national Government. The Council of Governors (CoG) went to court over this national interest and I think they were told that they must go through an alternative dispute resolution process. We think this matter must be dealt with so that funding to the counties can improve after defining what “national interest” is, because it takes a lot of money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an increase to the allocation for the Ministry of Health. Whereas health is almost 100 per cent devolved, the health budget for the Financial Year 2018/2019 was Kshs90 billion. However, in the coming year, it is proposed to be Kshs93 billion. One wonders what they are supposed to do with this money. Assuming that counties allocate 10 per cent of their money to health out of Kshs314 billion, that will be Kshs30 billion. However, health alone is only Kshs90 billion. Therefore, there is need to query that. Over the next medium term the Ministry of Health is expected to get an allocation of--- In fact, if we go ahead until 2021, they will get an allocation of Kshs288 billion as a Ministry. There is concern over the huge budget allocation to the Ministry of Health, whereas health is a fully devolved function."
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