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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to this important Bill. I have been told time is short and we must move on to the next Bill. This is one of the most important Bills that has been brought to this House. It is not an accident that an eminent teacher is the one who brought it. So, I will speak on both if you do not mind. I only have two points to make. We must remunerate community health workers. During my last campaign in Busia, I realised that we have many of them in every village, but they are not being paid. I undertook that we shall try our best to ensure that they are paid. I am glad that through this Bill, they will be adequately remunerated. That is provided in Clause 11(3) which states that- “A community health worker shall be appointed on such terms and conditions and shall be paid such allowances as the county executive committee shall, in consultation with the respective County Public Service Board and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, determine.” That is a good step because they ought to be remunerated. Teachers also ought to be adequately remunerated and so are agriculture extension officers. Our salary policy in this country has been upside down. We tend to remunerate quite well people who are at the top and not people at the grassroots level. If community health workers, agricultural extension officers and teachers are adequately remunerated, there will be a lot of development in rural Kenya and not just here in Nairobi. Therefore, their remuneration should be part of our development. For them to be adequately remunerated, I am glad that the Bill proposes that they should have undergone a prescribed course or training at an institution. It is important that we do not leave it to the county governments to do come up with the policy as far as 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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