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    "id": 1485085,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lang’ata, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phelix Odiwuor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Community Health Workers Bill, 2022. First of all, I want to take this opportunity to salute the 326 community health workers of Langata Constituency for the good job that they are doing. I also take this opportunity to thank World Vision for leading a training that is currently ongoing for community health workers in Lang’ata Constituency. Thank you very much. We call upon more partners to come so that we can continuously train our community health workers. If there is anyone who knows the health condition of our communities to the last person in the village, it is a community health worker. This is because most of them interact with our people on a day-to-day basis, and almost on a door-to-door basis. They keep their records, they know their health conditions and the drugs that they use, and they are always there for our people. With the shortage of doctors and nurses, community health promoters play a very important role in bridging that gap. They are always available 24 hours a day. Even with the meagre pay that they get of Ksh2,500, they will always be there to respond to any situation on matters health at any given time. Another thing that they definitely do is health promotion. They use the simple education that they get from the continuous trainings to support our communities. I support the fact that community health workers must now be considered as an integral part of our healthcare system. They should not only be well-compensated, but they should also be well-equipped because they deal with the health-related issues of our people. I thank Hon. Martin Owino, the Member for Ndhiwa Constituency, for bringing this timely Bill. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, and ahsante sana to the community health workers of Lang’ata Constituency for the amazing work that they are doing."
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