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    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also take this opportunity to thank the Committee for bringing this Bill to speed. I remember the President launching it just the other day. From the outset, I must say that it is so far the best Bill because Kenya needs many activities around health issues. They say prevention is better than cure. Healthcare is primarily one of the basic amenities or things a human being needs. An environment that is taken care of health-wise, especially people, gives society healthy production. This Bill is very categorical; it is a Primary Health Care Bill. This means that it is basic. We will be getting basic treatment from home especially for small coughs before they escalate to something big. This will help in many ways. It will also take care of the economy because as Members of Parliament, we get a lot of calls regarding fundraising requests for medical issues. With the passage of this Bill, we will be able to take care of those problems before they get out of hand. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also support this because it promotes the UHC which is already there. It gives the opportunity to Kenyans to access the basics from home, for instance, deliveries. During those days, our mothers would be attended to by very good members of the society during labour before they went to the hospital for delivery. They even helped them to safely deliver their children. It is also pocket friendly because when you treat problems from the beginning, you get help before they escalate. In the case of cancers, when we detect or diagnose them early, it is easier to treat them and we are able to save many lives. Many people lost their lives to COVID- 19 because of underlying diseases that they did not know was ailing them. COVID-19 was an indicator that many people had a lot of underlying problems. This Primary Health Care Bill will help us get nurses and community health workers to take care of people early. It is going to give Kenyans an opportunity to access these services. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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