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"speaker_name": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo (",
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"content": "country has few health workers, especially doctors. The health workers come in handy because they know every home and many people. If they are called upon to help, they are available for no fee. They are not complicated. They will not say they do not have fuel or money, they will help the community that they are trained to help. Therefore, the council that is proposed in the Bill will be important. It will be doing periodic trainings of community health workers, registering and licensing them like any other practitioners. They will also feel that they are professionals and not people engaged for nothing. This is an important Bill that we need to pass so that our people can be helped. We have few doctors in this country. The ratio is one doctor to 2000 patients. For the health workers, the ratio is one community health worker to 100 patients. Therefore, they will help people and assist doctors and nurses so that people do not die for lack of attention in the hospitals. You will find that before a person is attended to by a doctor, the health worker will provide first aid. That is important. In the rural areas, for example, you may find that one has been bitten by a snake or another animal. It is a health worker who will come in handy to provide first aid before they are taken to hospitals. That will prevent them from further injuries because a first aid has been done on them. Therefore, the council is required so that we have a body that can govern them. They will air their views to the council when there is no payment. They work for nothing. Last week, community health workers called me in my constituency. I met all them and they wanted to take the Governor of Machakos County to court. I told them before they take him to court, they should have a meeting with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to find a solution. They did not have the money to engage a lawyer. So, this council will assist them with such problems like non-payments so that they do not feel that they are working for nothing. I support the Bill and pray that the Government will see sense of community health workers helping health practitioners in offering health services to our people in the community. With those few remarks, I support."
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