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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Cherangany, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Kutuny",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Serem Kutuny",
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    "content": " Thank you very much. This Bill will go a long way in ensuring that we have people in society who will be working closely with the public to enhance quality affordable healthcare. We use a lot of money as the Government to treat diseases. But it has come to our attention as we sat in the Committee and have proven that prevention is much better than cure. If the Government puts in a lot of money in prevention, through awareness, we will eradicate diseases. If left untreated, the Government will pay a lot of money. Today, we talk about hospitals which are over-stretched. If we go to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), it is overstretched because it covers the entire western Kenya and part of Uganda and Rwanda. Why? We do not have early warning systems to deter diseases. But having community health workers is going to go a long way. Community health workers will carry out capacity building and awareness to help the Government to reduce the cost of healthcare. So, instead of paying too much through the UHC to hospitals, it is better to pay the community health workers salaries and cut the cost of treating diseased in hospitals. See what is happening at the Kenyatta National Hospital. It is the same thing at the Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital. The Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital started just two years ago, but it is already overstretched. When we budget, we do not have enough resources to give to all these hospitals. So, we should not be talking about expansion, but we should be talking about preventive health care. That is what is important for the country. What we need to do is create an enabling environment and infrastructure where the national Government and county governments work closely so that we can ensure that community health workers are provided with favourable working conditions. They should be provided with the materials that they require. Why can we not pay The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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