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    "id": 1224999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason I am laughing is because someone told us yesterday that Sen. Osotsi is a leading Information Technology (IT) expert in the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition side. If he is struggling with basic technology such as the gadgets in this House, how can he do the technology work that he is supposed to do in Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party? I now understand the source of the difficulty with technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an important Petition that Sen. Cherarkey has brought to this House. It is not the first time we are hearing about the mistreatment of the UHC workers as they are commonly referred to. If you check in all our counties, you will realize that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the national Government, through its intervention in healthcare management in all our 47 counties, did a universal recruitment of Kenyans who were sent to various county governments. There were lofty promises. Many young people applied with lots of enthusiasm and believed that finally they had met their destiny to serve their country and be proud while at it. Unfortunately, that has not come to fruition because there seems to be a push and pull between the Council of Governors (CoG) and the national Government. The CoG on one end, maintains that the wages they were recruited for are, firstly, unsustainable and, secondly, they cannot afford to add them to their books. During the push and pull, these honourable citizens and trained medics who dedicated a lot of their time and money studying on how to ply their trade and serve citizens of the country have continued to suffer. It is my sincere hope that the Committee on Health will get to the bottom of this matter, so that they can advise the Committee on Finance and Budget because at the heart of this dispute are budgetary issues. Who will eventually carry the blame? The CoG insists that the only way they can continue to maintain these staff is via conditional grants, yet the national Government says that health is a devolved function and it only hired to shore up numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic and that counties should take responsibility. The Committee on Health should give a lasting solution, so that the young men and women suffering in all our 47 counties can lay their struggles to rest and serve their country with pride."
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