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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Okay, thank you, I will address the Chair. I am so humbled and happy to see how passionate he is about the local industries. I know it is not only the sugar cane industry, but he is passionate about supporting the local industries and the local entrepreneurs. It should be echoed that all of us should support the regional industries. I want also to support the statement read by Sen. Sifuna, the Deputy Minority Whip, on the CHP. I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that Kshs5,000 to CHPs is so little. This money can buy a few items. However, it is better than nothing. The national Government always pays Kshs2,500 and the county government pays Kshs2,500. In Nakuru County, the CHPs have not received their share, Kshs2,500, from the county Government for the last six months. You can imagine how they are struggling. They are dying because of poverty because the county government is not supporting them. Sen. M. Kajwang said that the Committee for Health had done a good job. I have also seen them fight when we were crying for the War Memorial Hospital to be reopened. The Committee for Health was at the forefront of ensuring that hospital was opened. I want to thank the Senators who supported us. That hospital is now open. All we are waiting for now is to start receiving the public. The investors are in to ensure that it will be back to normal operations. The people of Nakuru and the surrounding areas can start enjoying the services that the War Memorial Hospital offers. This Statement will be dealt with by the Committee on Health. The first question is why the County Government of Nakuru has not paid the CHPs for the last six months. That is like killing them. They are demotivated. They are not rendering services to our people. I have been talking to them. They keep on begging for money to feed their families. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was talking of Kshs5,000. In Nakuru County, CHPs have been receiving only Kshs2,500 from the national Government. It is a shame because they are supposed to get the other Kshs2,500 from the Nakuru County Government. I will be asking the Committee to summon Governor Kihika to explain to them why CHPs in Nakuru have not received their stipend of Kshs2,500 for the last six months. As I said, it is like killing them when they are still alive. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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