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    "id": 1013850,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope the sponsor of the Bill will consider some of these issues and make sure these community health workers are in the same line with all the other health workers. Let them follow different steps. The Senate Majority Leader will tell you that you cannot wake up one day and decide to run for Presidency. He has been a Member of the National Assembly before he joined the Senate and maybe he might run for President in future. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have been dealing with a lot of Bills related to health issues in this House. In the next one or two weeks, we are expected to debate the Reproductive Health Bill which is controversial and I hope we will kill it once it is tabled before this House. Now we are taking away the importance of a doctor to advice and bringing in somebody who has got basic training. We are putting them there to decide whether somebody should live or die. I would plead with the sponsor of the Bill to spend time with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) so that we can know the real financial implication on it. Secondly, delete the word “workers” and make them volunteers. When you bring someone in as a worker, you have to think about their pension. They can decide to join a union to demand for their rights. They will continue doing their work without any interference. I rest my case there."
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