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    "id": 1006080,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to respond or read a Statement regarding a Question raised by Hon. Mwikali Mutua, the Member of Parliament for Busia County, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the issues raised was the contingency plans the Ministry is putting in place to prepare for partial opening of the economy and easy movement. The Ministry in conjunction with the stakeholders has come up with guidelines for different sectors of the economy and social- cultural interaction so as to guide the conduct during work and social interactions. Every sector is required to develop protocols and SoPs based on these guidelines and submit them for approval by the Ministry of Health. Counties have been empowered through health and other agencies to ensure compliance to these guidelines. Counties have also been facilitated to increase their COVID-19 bed capacity to a minimum of a 300 bed capacity, so that they are able to handle any upsurge of cases which may be occasioned by the partial reopening of the economy. Members will appreciate that there is money which has been appropriated in the Supplementary Budget III. There is money which has been sent to the counties for the same. On implementation of the home-based care policy for COVID-19 patients, the launch of the home-based isolation and care guidelines was done on 10th June 2020. The decision to develop the guidelines came as a result of 78 per cent of the confirmed cases being asymptomatic or patients having mild symptoms that can safely be managed at home, and the potential upsurge of COVID- 19 cases based on the epidemiological modelling. The implementation of the home-based care will leverage on the existing Nyumba Kumi Initiative, estate management committees and other local administrations. Following the launch, modules and power point presentations have been developed and trainings are to be conducted to the community health volunteers who will in turn educate the caregivers. Coincidentally, some of the community health volunteers may happen to also be the caregivers. The arrangement of human resource and structure of care is as follows: One community health volunteer will take care of 10 households and will be reporting to a healthcare worker, preferably a community nurse who will supervise five community health volunteers. The healthcare workers will be reporting to the link healthcare facility and onwards The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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