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    "id": 1031989,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "governments have to look into ways of ensuring that the resources available in the counties are properly utilized for the benefit of their people. Madam Deputy Speaker, allow me to talk about the issue of COVID-19. We must be very candid about this pandemic. In the process of adhering to the Hippocratic Oath that they swore to uphold, doctors find themselves in issues that compromise their lives. Most of them are getting Coronavirus. It is a time for us as country to see how we can we help the frontline workers. Kenya is among the countries that signed the Abuja Declaration that stated that 15 per cent of the national revenue goes to the counties. If 15 per cent of the national revenue is going to counties, why can we not prioritize health workers and allocate them some money? The frontline workers go through a lot of anguish. They compromise their families because of Coronavirus. Some of them are married and they have children, meaning that the contact spreads wide. There is need to ensure the frontline workers are supported and encouraged in their work because they cannot abandon their work. They already took an oath and they are very clear that they are committed to their job. As we talk about the issue of frontline workers, I want to condole with the families of those frontline workers who have died due to Coronavirus, including Dr. Alushula, Dr. Kanjiru and others. As a nation, we have to see how we can help these frontline workers. Apart from frontline workers, we also have community health workers who serve patients before they go to the hospital. There is need for county governments to ensure that they motivate community health workers. Apart from motivating them, they need to give them preventives. The personal protective equipment (PPEs) should not be recycled but disposed after use. Therefore, there is need for county governments to ensure that they are doing justice to frontline workers to ensure that as they fight for that cause, they are not demotivated. Madam Deputy Speaker, concerning what the President talked about on the issue of education, Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) is getting on well, but there is no need for us to rethink on how children with disabilities are engaging with CBC. You are my witness because we went to a school in Uasin Gishu and we saw how pathetic it was. When the curriculum changed from 7-4-2-3 and went to 8-4-4, the curriculum for children with disabilities was also changed, but they were left behind with very many issues not being implemented. However, now coming from the 8-4-4 system to the CBC, it is even worse for them. When we talk about issues of disability, most of the time, you find that they are not implemented. Therefore, there is need for this issue to be interrogated. I commend the President for what he envisions for this country; a country that no one goes to high office along tribal lines and no capable person will wallow in poverty. These are very good thoughts. Exploitation of our potential is another issue. There are times when people's potentials are not exploited and they end up being useless yet they would have been very productive in nation building. There is need to see ourselves as the President said,"
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