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    "id": 1144769,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I rise to support the Bill. Across all our constituencies, I am sure we know the role that community health workers play in our societies, especially in the communities where we live. Most of them offer free services to the people of Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the oldest nations of the world in terms of the median age of the populations, there is a correlation between community health and the longevity of the people. If you look at countries like Japan and Cuba, you will find that octogenarians are people of middle age, and there is a clear correlation between that and the role community workers play. Economically, human beings are a resource of production. The longer they live, the better. The healthier they live, even the better. If we have robust health services at the community level, we have people living healthy lives who are blessed with many years, and if they are blessed with good health, they become agents of production even in their old age. This decreases the manner in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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