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    "id": 1012981,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1012981/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I commend Sen. (Dr.) Zani for this wonderful Bill. I hope that this Bill will be enacted into an Act of Parliament in the fullness of time. I hope Sen. (Dr.) Zani will receive many awards for this Bill that will change many lives. I congratulate her for this Bill and hope that our counterparts in the National Assembly will expeditiously process it without bringing the narrative of it being a money Bill. Community health workers are very important in this country. We have about 6,087 community units across the country which have done so many things. Article 43 of the Constitutions talks on issues of health being part of the social and economic rights. Articles 10 and 174 of the Constitution give powers to communities to decide things at their own level. Community health workers do a lot of things because they ensure that maternal services are received promptly. Many of our mothers were assisted by community health workers during birth because many of us were born at home. For many years, community health workers have provided support on nutrition issues and extension services. Community health workers help in the promotion of health rights because they go from house to house in the community to sensitize people on issues relating to communicable and non-communicable diseases. Community health workers are also very critical in home-based care for people who are suffering from chronical illnesses such as Cancer. They provide support to families with chronically or terminally ill persons. I am sure that Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve will be happy to note that the community health workers assist Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) by creating data and ensuring that they receive the health attention that they deserve. Community health workers participate in community based surveillance. They are the people that you can use for proper community based surveillance in many issues apart from the volunteer work that they do. Community health workers also assist in mitigating health disparities. Article 43 of the Constitution on Economic and Social Rights states that health is one of the basic human rights. How then can we bridge and mitigate disparity in a county like Nandi which has about 196 health centres against the more than 897,000 residents of Nandi County. How can we bridge and ensure that access to health care is achieved? Governors should be made to understand that construction of many health facilities should not be translated to mean that they have improved the access to health care in this country. The community health workers also assist in the care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and well as victims of gender based violence. The 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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