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    "id": 1517554,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would also wish to emphasize a few matters raised by Sen. Sifuna, the Senator for Nairobi City County, particularly in regards to the Community Health Promoters (CHPs). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the last session, you directed a small delegation to go into mediation with the National Assembly over the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill. I was privileged to be part of the delegation and I believe the leader of our delegation, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, ought to bring a report back to this House because mediation collapsed. The talks collapsed because the National Assembly is insistent that the Road Maintenance Levy Fund should not go to county governments, but the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The relevance between the Additional Allocations Bills and Sen. Sifunas’ statement is that the money that CHPs are supposed to get is included in the schedule of the additional allocation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you recall that when we were in Turkana County, we processed the four health laws. They are some of the worst laws we have ever written. When you reflect on what we did in that county, we need to do a legislative impact analysis, so that we can clean up those laws. In part of the laws we passed, we allowed the national Government to pay Community Health Promoters (CHPs) half their salary and county governments to pay the remaining half. An amount of Kshs2,500 was to come from the national Government and Kshs2,500 from county governments. We have a situation where you find that the national Government has sent Kshs2,500, but a county government has not, or a county government has sent Kshs2,500 but the national Government has not. That is not the way to treat our frontline health workers and people that we entrust to deliver the dream of universal health. If we do not resolve that impasse, it means that we do not have a proper legal framework for payment of CHPs. I am told right now the national Government sends the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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