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    "id": 1014099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1014099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this very important Bill. I thank my Secretary General (SG), Sen. (Dr.) Zani, for always being in the forefront to fight for justice down there in the villages. The introduction to this Bill talks about the strategy for community health that was done from 2014 to 2019, which tends to provide of community health services. However, it fell short of giving proper guidelines on how these services are going to be done. This Bill comes in handy to fill in the gaps, so that we can realise this strategy. Madam Temporary Speaker, a strategy without how to implement it will be nothing. That is why from 2014 to 2019, there has not been any much implementation because there was no roadmap. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for coming up with it. This Bill comes in and gives a roadmap or clear plan of action as far as this community health strategy was concerned. I am happy that this Bill talks about the role of county governments. At all times, we keep saying that health is devolved, but there is nothing much that is happening down there to ensure it is properly done. After devolving, are the services there? We end up having strikes and a lot of problems all over. It was a disaster the other day when the Council of Governors (CoG) purported to give an order to shut down all the facilities when we do not even have the facilities in the first place, then you are shutting down the little that is there. This Bill gives a role to the county governments in the provision of community health services. Madam Temporary Speaker, it also goes ahead to talk about resource mobilization. This is because even with that strategy, it did not provide as to how we were going to have the resources to perform these health services. It also goes ahead to talk about how to finance the whole service. This is good and it now makes it clear how we are going to have those resources mobilised and finances to support this system that is already in place."
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