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    "id": 1016669,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "I wish to talk about some of the highlights that I want this House to be seized of. As you go back to your counties, these are the areas that you need to assess and oversight. The frontline workers from Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Taita-Taveta, Tana River and Lamu made presentations to us. We had challenges, including access to quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). The healthcare workers had to contend with delayed payment of salaries, some spanning to several months. In some counties, there were non-remittance of their statutory deductions and other financial obligations. That meant that the workers could not access their own healthcare because their National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) fees had not been remitted. The lack of medical insurance from NHIF and other providers for the doctors and frontline workers, as well as other labour issues of training, deployment and promotions stood out as a key challenge. The Committee was informed that other than allowances sent by the national Government, which we confirmed through the Controller of Budget that the allowances from the national Government arrived and were paid to the frontline workers, they had not received any other incentives, either from the national or county governments. You can imagine the sacrifices that they are putting as well as that of their families. This issue is still outstanding to this day. We were able to address some issues with respect to county governments. For others, we have to reach out to the office of the Clerk, so that we can assist in drafting and bringing a Petition to the Senate, so that this can be substantively considered by the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that is chaired by the former Chairperson of the Ad hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya."
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