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    "id": 1485116,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "centre. As a previous speaker has said, they are the real health warriors in the villages. This has greatly reduced infant mortality at birth, which is great. This is a very good Bill by Hon. Wuod Chief. We should give it full support. I believe that when it goes to the Senate, it will be given the seriousness it deserves. Let us help CHPs to have a law. We do not want to have a push and pull or mediation. Let the Senate give its input. The Chairperson of the Committee has indicated that this Bill should not only be passed by the National Assembly, but also the Senate. This gives leverage for all the players in Parliament to have an input in this law. This will be a game changer. I love the fact that the Bill talks about a structured way of dealing with CHPs, including the creation of a council. A previous speaker indicated that the council should be devolved. I propose that we retain it at the national level, but have similar councils operating at the county level just to take care of the county units, given that health is a devolved function. This will go into structuring those health workers properly. Hon. Members, have said that, the council should deal with issues of recruitment, registration and code of conduct. Those people will be managing information which is quite private. In fact, they are medics. They must go through rigorous training and possibly take an oath like doctors and nurses so they can manage the information that they have for the sake of the community, in a very professional way. There is a risk…"
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