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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "need health expenses to go down because we can have a model that can bring this together. I thank Sen. Omogeni for his contribution as well as the role that he and other Members of his team have played in ensuring that the provisions of Article 110 (3) are put into the provisions for the operationalization of legislative agenda both at the Senate and in the National Assembly. It is as a result of this that we are able to come back with these Bills and expedite these goals, so that we can move them to the next level. We want this Bill to be the game-changer within the community. We want to have healthy communities and children. Just like in agriculture, it is a well-known fact that we have almost 80 per cent of people residing in rural areas. There is a time a Committee of the Senate visited one of the counties, and in one of the villages that we visited, there was a girl who was not feeling very well. A Member in our delegation had carried a kit of Panadol, and within two minutes, the child was feeling better and playing. There are people who have lost their lives because the basic tenets that can be found in community health services, such as community health workers or community health volunteers, have not been achieved. On the other hand, there are counties that have progressed. There are four specific counties that have already moved on. As Sen. Farhiya had indicated, there is need to have regulation and legislation at the county level. There are four counties including Nairobi County that have provisions in place. I am calling upon other counties that have not put measures in place to expeditiously do that. This is a win-win at the level of the individuals, counties and national Government. I thank Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, Sen. Farhiya and Sen. Faki who brought out the strong points about anti-social habits that have health implications and how this can be dealt with. It is not normally mentioned loudly, but many times, the community health volunteers also work as counselors of sorts because they talk, interpret and bring into focus the specific interpretations that are key in ensuring that all these issues have been addressed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with these few remarks, I beg to reply and request that we defer the putting of the question as per Standing Order 61(3) to another appropriate time when we have quorum."
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