The Council of Governors recognises the efforts that were expended in the coming of the Draft Health Bill 2015.
However, we note with great concern that the spirit of consultation with the County Governments was not extensively
exhausted during the development of the Bill. It is obvious that the Draft Health Bill fails to embrace the tenets of devolution as anchored in the Constitution. In its current form, the Bill seeks to seize county healthcare services and cede the same to the National Government contrary to Articles 6(2), 186, 189 and the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution.
County Governments wish to appeal to this committee to carefully re-examine this Bill to avert future acrimonies
between the two levels of government and arrest any future litigation that may be instituted on the same.
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