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    "id": 1144770,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "which people depend on others (dependability levels). Looking at a country like Kenya, we have many people, especially our parents and grandparents, who now rely on the people who are able to work. Some of these people are immobilised because of ill-health, which can be arrested by having community health services at the villages and at lower levels. In countries like the ones I have mentioned, you will find people in different professions. For example, you will find a 90- year-old practicing as a lawyer or in various other professions. These people depend on themselves even in old age. This then decreases the dependability levels, thereby freeing the disposable income of those who are depended on for reinvestment. Therefore, there is a huge correlation between economies that do well and the health of the population and their citizens. Of course, we can argue about this issue in the House. However, if we are able to deal with health issues at the lower level as they happen, we decrease and cut down on the cost of health. Having said that, the kind of colossal money that is misappropriated within the health sector is more than enough to take care of our community health workers in terms of recognition and a stipend. If they do what they do better, our health facilities will actually be freed. This means that we will end up spending less in our health facilities because we will have addressed health issues at the lower level. In our country, look at the kind of money that was misappropriated through the Kenya Medical Equipment and Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Beyond the health sector, we are almost coming to discuss the bailout of the Kenya Airways (KQ) in this House. Some of the people who are made to carry the KQ bailout to the tune of billions are people who have never been inside an aeroplane. Therefore, if some of this money, in colossal sums, goes down there and a good proportion is allocated to the health of the Kenyan people, we can look after our health workers and also give them the apparatus they need to conduct their service in a dignified and effective manner. I support this Bill. Also, I request that any other time we are recalled in this House, I would rather we are recalled to discuss these kinds of Bills that touch on the common mwananchi, and the previous Bill that we discussed about the pensioners and about efficient handling of the pensions of the workers of this country. With those many remarks, I support."
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