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    "id": 1286324,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " No, he is drafting his notes. Mr. Speaker--- Sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker, I apologise. It had not registered in my mind that there has been change. I beg to Move that The Primary Healthcare Bill (Senate Bills No.44 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. The Bill was first published on 15th September and read the First Time on 19th September. The principal object of this Bill is something important. This is because I have said that this is one of a series of the four bills, to be specific, that will come to this House in support of UHC. We have just concluded the Second Reading on the Financing of Facilities. This is now purely on primary healthcare, which is at the heart of this conversation. I just said this in my replying notes in the Second Reading of the Financing of County Health Facilities; that, at the heart of this conversation, is primary healthcare. What is it that we can do that will move from a reactive to a preventive healthcare system? Members, you know that it is very expensive to treat any particular ailment once it advances to a particular stage, yet, if you do the early detection, you save money and ease the burden on the taxpayers. That is why we are having this conversation about the Primary Health Care Bill. Primary healthcare is a fundamental essential component of a healthcare system anywhere. Those who have studied the world’s best-performing healthcare systems, from India to Turkey to Israel, there is no miracle that they perform. It is just that their primary healthcare systems are very effective. Therefore, both at the national and county government level, we must have this conversation through this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg your indulgence, colleagues Senators, because I expect you to take time and read the Bill. The beauty of Turkana is that the levels of distractions are fairly limited, save for the easily distracted. For most of the Members, you have all the time to sit down and read. I encourage Members to read this particular Bill and make your contribution on what it is that you think needs to work with our primary healthcare because this is now the engine. If UHC was a vehicle, and financing of counties facilities that I have just read is the body, the engine is actually the Bill that I am moving, Primary Health Care System. It ensures that we have a system that detects and treats early, and ensures that members are properly informed. This is a proposal that you will find in the Bill. You will find that this primary healthcare that I am referring to is of paramount importance, as it serves as the frontline defense in healthcare systems. It ensures that there is universal access to essential services that promote health. This is because the same training will be offered to all the 100,000 Community Heath Promoters (CHP) that are being set up across the country. This is important for citizens of Turkana to listen. The CHP that will serve Sen. Sifuna in his Karen home is the same training that will be undertaken by the CHP officer who will serve you in your home in Lokichar"
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