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    "id": 1225006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that my time will be compensated. Nonetheless, the point that I was making is that, under our Constitution it is discriminatory and unfair labour practices for people performing the same work under the same conditions, in the same facilities to earn different salaries. So, I am in support of this petition by the UHC workers that, in fact, we have no justification. I encourage the Senate Majority Leader that we cannot look anywhere else for the solution because the solution is in this Senate. I am aware that in the next few days the Division of Revenue Bill is going to land here. We have made the argument that if we do not sort out the question of full financing of county functions, then, we are wasting time. I am hoping that the Majority side and the Majority side when that Bill comes here, will put their money where their mouth is. That they will send the requisite resources to the counties so that we can fully finance and to ensure that we hire all the people who are medical workers, especially under the UHC. We were told there are counties that have not hired a single doctor in the past five years. There are 4000 medical professionals who have already qualified, but are unable to find work in the public sector. As a Senate, we will not run away from this issue by saying it is not clear whose duty it is. It is the responsibility of devolved units to finance health fully. We must find the money to support the hiring of these UHC workers and other health workers within the county setup. I thank you."
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