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    "id": 1012965,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, in a county like Nairobi City County where a health centre is very close to you, somebody will go for a very simple thing to get assistance. Conversely, Nairobi needs much more drugs and investment in drugs than Makueni County would because of the number of people. We saw lack of creativity in how these indices were being formulated. I hope the Committee on Health chaired by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, who is a doctor and understand these issues, will help recalibrate how we inform these indices. This is because any formula used is as good or as bad as the thought that has been put in on how you measure that index that you are looking at. Madam Deputy Speaker, this Bill pushes for collaboration between both levels of government, which is necessary. It is has not been going on. We just gave the example of agriculture where governors are up in arms because they were not involved in the formulation of regulations which they are supposed to execute them. I am sure this lack of coordination or silo mentality is existing in health care as well and in other sectors. There needs to be coordination and I hope this can be implemented; as well as qualifications, the technical resources, the structures required, the reporting tools that are needed and the county government then implements that national policy and standards on community health services. Madam Deputy Speaker, there are specific roles that have been given to specific people. The Country Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Health in a county has been given a specific role in Clause 9 to ensure the effective performance of the functions and to delegate the performance of any function specified to such public officers within the respective department as maybe necessary. Madam Deputy Speaker, I will be bringing in a few amendments. I hope I will have a chance to discuss them with Sen. (Dr.) Zani or with the Committee on Health. This is because the practically of some of these provisions in a county of 17 constituencies and 85 wards and 4.3 million people, there are certain ways we need to strengthen how we address all of those community health volunteers, especially in a city like Nairobi. I hope the Committee on Health has not exhausted public participation on this Bill. I hope they have undertaken it. Madam Deputy Speaker, while recognizing what community health volunteers have done and today being World International Teachers' Day, I must also recognize what teachers of this country have been able to do. It is the teachers who have taught these doctors and community heath volunteers. It is the teachers who have taught us. Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to recognize specifically teachers who have taught me and who have made me who I am today. From Ms. Lusala who taught me how to hold a pen properly in class one to Mrs. Wafula, to Ms. Dangi, Ms. Kibutu and Ms. Mganga at Lenana School, to Ms. Kihumba who refused for me to be demoted when I was in Class 7 and said, “if Sakaja is no longer a prefect, there will be no peace in this school.” I was reinstated as a prefect. Those teachers do not know how they mould society. The impact of a teacher to a young child stays for life. Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to acknowledge them. I want to acknowledge Mr. Kengwe and Mr. Wala who caned me thoroughly and brought me back to line and helped me get grade ‘A’ in mathematics and physics despite being very naughty in Form One The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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