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    "id": 1084117,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The Community Health Services Bill (Senate Bills No.34 of 2020) be now read a Second Time. Let me start by saying that I am very grateful to the Committee on Health. They have worked on this Bill over a long time and been able to put together a lot of consideration. Indeed, from the way this Bill has progressed, we have reached a point where the public participation input that had already been put prior to have also been included. You will remember that this is one of the Bills that we are redoing in this House because of the court order. I thank the Members of the Committee on Health. I have spoken to several Members of that Committee. We have discussed to and fro some of the decisions and amendments that they have made. We are in agreement that now we have a version that is appropriate from this House. We have a version that we will progress. We have addressed the specific issues. Now that we also have a Bill that is considering all these issues together, then it becomes very critical. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill hopes to address a lacuna in the law as it stands because we have various levels of health institutions. At level one, we have community facilities; level two, health dispensaries; level three, health centers; level four, county hospitals; level five, county referral hospitals; and level six, national referral hospitals. Components of community facilities in level one are there in the various strategies that have been put up. However, when we come to the Health Act, this aspect has not been incorporated. Before, it seemed like the Bill was introducing a totally new thing. In the new form of this Bill, it is putting into consideration level one and incorporating it, so that it is handled at the national level from the ministry, at the county level from the counties themselves and creating mechanisms to ensure that various players can come into the field, to ensure that the specific aspects that are so important are taken into consideration. Madam Temporary Speaker, this level one is a tier classified in healthcare delivery, which is very key. It actually comes at the level of the community. We are"
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