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    "id": 1485112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo",
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    "content": "They are called that by dint of the work that they do. They are the first contact persons, when there is a disease. We need to take them seriously. In their payment, there was a part that was supposed to come from the National Government and another one from the county government. When His Excellency Dr. Samoei Ruto was in Homa Bay County, he promised that the National Government would give its part of the promise of paying those community health workers. Those are fathers, mothers and people with families. I pray and honestly hope that they will get some earnings from the services that they render to the citizenry of this great nation we call Kenya. Apart from the knowledge that those people have in conventional medicine which was earlier alluded to by the earlier speakers, they have great knowledge in traditional medicine which we cannot ignore. When there is no medicine, before they reach at the hospital, they know very well that if there is a cut, there is a particular plant that they get from the gardens, put some saliva on it, put it on that cut and the bleeding stops. I saw that. I am a witness. When we talk about community health workers, we not only talk about the conventional medicine, but they also have in-depth knowledge of our traditional systems. We encourage them to leave it to the younger generation. As an African nation, through innovation and science, we want to come up with our scientific medicine. This can only be generated from the grassroots. We can get that nicely from our community health workers. The Bill proposes that we should have a council and institute disciplinary measures. This is a very good idea because any noble working system must have disciplinary infrastructure. Whatever is instituted, the court should not be the first point of action. If it is possible, there should be a lower dispute resolution mechanism that should make it easier for them to resolve the disputes that come. If it does not work, that is when they should move to the next level. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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