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    "id": 1368190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368190/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kinyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kinyua Nderitu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the response. I am aware that we have many Community Health Workers (CHW) in this country and it is a good thing. Comparing our country to Cuba, you can see that many places in Cuba have polyclinics. The CHWs do a good job, but if you look at our Republic, we say that resources must follow functions. Much of the resource is left at the national level. When we have these CHPs, if they diagnose or have issues with people they are seeing, they refer them to the health centres as well as dispensaries. What is frustrating is that when we go to our health centres and dispensaries, there is no medicine. The purpose of CHW is defeated, unlike in Cuba where they say that their community health workers are their army in white coats. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I want to hear from the Cabinet Secretary is what their programme is like. Many of our counties do not have resources. They have been given so many functions, but resources are left at the national Government. I do not know what the Cabinet Secretary is doing. For example, we have these Community Health Volunteers (CHVs)---"
}