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    "id": 1485004,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1485004/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Suzanne Kiamba",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, getting this Bill with a clear framework for community health workers will also be a way of creating employment. You can imagine each village having a community health worker answering the real problems of the people. This will add value to our leadership because somebody who is part of the community will be there to help solve most of the problems in those areas. How many people in Kenya are found to have died due to high blood pressure during post-mortem? It could be because nobody knew that the person had high blood pressure. How many women are dying of cancer? By the time the cancer is discovered, somebody is on her death-bed. If we have those community health workers in our country, we will have done our people a great service. Most of our healthcare challenges will be addressed at that level. We are employing too many people because some of those problems are not being solved. Regarding the wage bill, every county is complaining about the amount of money they are paying for health care. However, if this was reduced by having community health workers, then we would have had a reasonable number of technical people. We will not have issues presented at their worst, and we will improve the status of health in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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