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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "community health volunteers and the need for a register. That way, we will have community health volunteers who are well entrenched, whose role is well understood. The register should trickle down to the ward level. The function of the health volunteers should be put into place; the registry should be put into place and inspection done so that we have influencers who go round as key people who are known to do that. The volunteers should even be recognized at public barazas, where they can talk about health issues. Information on community health services is also well captured in the Bill. This Bill moves to encourage county legislation in this area. It also gives procedures, standards, ethics, guidelines and regulations as well as the need to pass reports to the MCAs so that these issues are properly taken into account. Allow me to highlight specific clauses that are very key, starting with Clause 3 where the objects of this Bill are stipulated, which is to provide a framework for effective delivery, integrated comprehensive and quality community healthcare services; enhanced community access to basic health services; entrench the role of community healthcare volunteers, and provide framework for the conformant of community health workers. Since these areas are missing in terms of legislation, the object for this particular legislative proposal puts into place specific areas that will allow some sort of mechanism to be put in place. Clause 5 of the Bill tackles the importance of the National Government. Health is a devolved function to the counties. There are certain key prospective aspects that the National Government plays such as setting up technical resources and structures, qualification of persons eligible to serve within the community health care workforce and this has to be designated at the national level. The National Government has to offer technical assistance to the county governments. The county governments have also been given very key specific roles such as mobilization of resources which are necessary for the delivery of healthcare services in the respective counties and we heard the governors speak to this matter and say that we have resources at the county level that are already stretched out. However, we have community health volunteers who have already been working at this over the last phase of devolution and this phase of devolution. We need to put things together so as to come up with a template that can be applied within the various counties. This is what legislations endeavour to do. It is talking about adequate funds, which is very important and putting in place mechanisms to facilitate access to timely community healthcare services and information regarding appropriate behaviour, including basic information on sanitation and hygiene. All these are critical. It is community health providers who move from one place to another to put this into place."
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