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    "id": 1485093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": "Picking a cue from here, it is because of the absence of this Bill that this House has been unable to lawfully appropriate for the remuneration and training of those workers. The moment this Bill comes into law, it will be an opportune moment for Members of this House, even if health is a devolved function, to each persuade our bursary committees to put those health workers on a scholarship to attain the requisite qualification so that they are registered in good time. It will be very unfair to leave them to go and pay fees and yet, we have not been paying them for their pro bono services. Some of them will drop out and fail to attain registration because they cannot raise the fees to train and get the appropriate qualifications. In this regard, permit me then at this juncture, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to celebrate more than 300 health workers in my constituency, who have given selfless effort, work and time to help our medically challenged population. On behalf of this House, I apologise to them that this Bill has taken this long to come, but better late than never. As we conclude this Bill and send it to the Senate, I urge our Senators to hang up their gloves and stop fighting the National Assembly. The National Assembly, particularly the Thirteenth Parliament, is originating Bills that are going to transform this nation. We do not have borders because we serve the same population. We serve the same voters and a Bill like this originating from a Member of the National Assembly should not be opposed by the Senate merely because it is from here. I expect the Senate to dispense with it in record time and His Excellency the President should assent to this Bill quickly so that we get to appropriate for those very noble people that have struggled so much to maintain the health of this country. I allude to Hon. Oundo's reminder that at Independence, the three key enemies that the founders of the nations of Africa were fighting were ignorance, ill health and disease. More than 60 years into Independence, diseases are still ravaging our country. Diseases are ravaging our counties."
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