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    "id": 1357385,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "This recruitment will ensure we do not have a shortage of teachers in our schools. Therefore, we are reducing the burden on our head teachers. A school’s Board of Management (BoM) will not have to ask for additional resources from parents to pay BoM teachers. The President has also promised that within the next year or so, 50,000 more will be recruited to reduce the backlog. They will be drawn from those who cleared school as early as seven or ten years ago. The President touched on the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). President Kibaki’s and the last regime talked about UHC for a long time. Our people have been waiting. It is important to note that this House passed about four laws recently, to ensure that we actualize UHC for our people to benefit. Instead of relying on treatment, we are basically doing preventive. We do not have to wait for people to get sick in order to start treatment any more. Already 100,000 Community Health Promoters (CHP) have been taken in. This is a partnership between the national and county governments. These CHPs who were formerly known as Community Health Volunteers (CHVs), will now get a stipend. They were not getting anything. They used to just walk around, working for free. Now, county governments have promised to pay them Kshs2,500 and from what the President said last Thursday, the national Government will match it up. This is good. These particular CHPs already have equipment and the kits to move around to measure pressure, take blood sugar and ensure our people do not get sick. I am happy that this weekend, on Sunday, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Susan Nakhumicha, was able to launch for West Pokot County. On Tuesday, the one for Elgeyo Marakwet County was launched at Iten Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) grounds and now our CHPs are well equipped to help our people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to touch on something we have discussed in this House several times. I come from the North Rift region where we have had insecurity for the last over 50 years. The first battle we fought with the people of Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo counties. I have had conflict in terms of banditry. It started as early as 1960s or 1970s. We have lost so many lives. I am happy that the President touched on this particular issue on insecurity and said within this regime of Kenya Kwanza, banditry is going to be a thing of the past. It has been attempted in the past, but nothing has happened. I am happy he has given a firm commitment that we will get rid of this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the moment, we had requested as a region that we have the KDF camps within Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo counties. Already they have been set up. Security roads have been put in place to ensure this thing is gotten rid of. I believe this time, once and for all, this will be sorted out. I assure the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County that the President is committed and this will be sorted out, once for all. There will be peace. People can do their farming and children will attend school. We will progress like everybody else instead of talking about security, year in, year out. On digitization, I remember when we went to Turkana County for Senate Mashinani, we were able to launch free Wi-Fi zones in two markets. The President has"
}