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    "id": 1287024,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Before we change the names of the CHVs to those to Community Health Promoters (CHPs), I kindly request the Mover of this Bill to make sure that CHVs are paid fully. Secondly, they should be the ones reinstated to these positions before others are picked, considering that they have been volunteering and working almost freely. What is Kshs2,500 because that is what they earn? In Machakos County and the rest of the counties, CHVs are owed a lot of money by county governments. They keep on calling me. I do not know whether other Senators receive such calls from them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is not bad, but it must be changed to fit the people because we are the defenders of devolution. Therefore, we should not allow anything that will not promote our counties to be passed in this House. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has talked about literacy levels. However, in Machakos, literacy levels are not that high. It seems that people are more educated in Kakamega County, but I also do not think this applies to Kiambu County. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s point is that if we pass this Bill and it falls on the hands of people who do not know what they are doing, then they will implement things that are not good or right. He has also said that someone might have asthma, and the CHPs might think that it is just an ordinary cough and send that person home. That person may die because such patients need emergency care and the attention of a doctor. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as we pick them, I would also support that we check on their medical background and take them to special programmes to train them on elements of health, so that they can help our people. I will say like the rest that let us not rush this Bill. We should look at it properly, so that we do a good job of it, for it to help our counties."
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