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    "id": 1014102,
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    "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, I happy with this Bill. It goes ahead to give a framework as to how the structure looks like and how we are going to have these volunteers. I even see a provision where it says that the volunteers should be picked in a public baraza . I had a complainant from my village telling me that volunteers are being taken, but people have taken their relatives, wives and sisters. You end up not providing the service that you are supposed to do or at least being fair to the community. People have been volunteering. Maybe your sister or brother has not been volunteering, but because you are the one picking people, you pick your sister and wife and take them there. Madam Temporary Speaker, this provision of a framework to pick these volunteers in public barazas, where the public are the ones that pick them is a good one. The how and how we do it is now provided. The framework and who qualifies is now provided. How we build capacity of those that are there so that they move to the next level is provided. Therefore, we will be able to deliver health service to the community. This one also goes ahead to ensure that there is accessibility to our health services. Most of the times you would get a person who is sick. You are not able to assess immediately how this person should be treated. This capacity building to ensure that these volunteers know the first signs of whatever they are supposed to handle is good enough. The effect of this Bill is that it will be possible for our people to access service quickly because the volunteers know how to detect what they are supposed to do. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also the coordination of the implementation between the county government and national Government. Most of the time we lack services because we are conflicted. The county government is supposed to do this and the national Government is supposed to do this. At the end of the day, you do not know who is doing what. They are unable to do it because of that conflict. This Bill gives a framework that comes down to coordinate the implementation of the policies and standards, so that we have a similar policy for all of us. We have the right service for all of us, and therefore, able to give these services. It is proposing standards, policy, upgrading of these volunteers and a fund, so that our volunteers can be funded or even appreciated to move from one place to another. That leads to quick intervention. Clause 5 of the Bill sets out the role of the national Government, which will include formulating in collaboration with the county governments, the policies on the delivery of the community service. Therefore, we will not have issues not being addressed because both of them are able to coordinate. The facilitation to access information will empower these volunteers. The information will be readily available. Probably, it will even be easier in some sort of brochure and down there, it can be accessed in barazas . They will be able to deliver. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the picking of these volunteers in barazas because it will address nepotism issues. Our MCAs and chiefs are known of 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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