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    "id": 1517584,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. Allow me to complain on behalf of the two delegations of students who have been in the Gallery and you have not acknowledged them. I think it is discrimination against those schools. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I compliment the Senator for Nairobi City County for the way he has demonstrated understanding of a serious medical problem like the one we have in Nairobi and by extension in all the 47 counties of Kenya. The country is starting to wake up to basic needs of Kenyans. Health is a basic need. It is not enough when addressing the issue of health to be viewing it through the spectacles of the doctors, the nurses, the professors and the infrastructure. The primary healthcare that is the gamechanger in good health. I suggest that we develop a formal national programme for CHPs that will include training amongst other things. CHPs must be given basic training in areas like First Aid because more often than not, they are the first line of defence as far as taking care of our patients is concerned. They should also be trained on interpretation of the various results they get, for example, when they do a blood pressure test or blood sugar test, so as to know how to respond appropriately. It must also be understood that majority of the pregnant women in Kenya are midwifed, not by nurses or doctors, but by traditional birth attendants. The Senate Minority Leader tried to scratch on it, but let me just emphasize how important it is. If a stipend is being given to CHPs, all traditional birth attendants in all Kenyan communities must also be given that stipend. On that point, it is a shame that we are talking about a stipend of Kshs2,500 from the national Government and Kshs2,500 from the county government. What can you buy with Kshs5,000?"
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