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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kaiti, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Kimilu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was in top gear before I was interrupted by the grandson. I also welcome him here. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was trying to explain who a social worker is. A social worker handles distinct children and gives hope to our youth as they navigate the challenges of contemporary society. A social worker also empowers our very needy women in society. They also fight for their rights and seek justice for the voiceless, among many others. In villages, social workers are all over trying to assist the voiceless. I want to talk about social work, education, and training in Kenya. It has grown tremendously since Independence in 1963. Several public and private universities today have undergraduate and postgraduate social workers training programme. Graduates from those training programmes constitute the social service workforce in Kenya. The Bill will, therefore, help regulate the provision of social workers services, which have for a long time been provided in a disjointed ad hoc manner, despite the existence of social workers training programmes. Let me speak about some of the roles and designations of social workers. Those are programme officers, researchers on social issues, social welfare officers, social planners, extension workers and community mobilisers. This one is common in the counties because social workers mobilise communities. They are also gender mainstreaming advocates. In addition, they are rehabilitation specialists, probation and alternative correction officers and child welfare officers Social workers also work in medical and psychiatric settings as medical social workers and mental healthcare workers. If you go to our hospitals, especially Kenyatta National Hospital, you get social workers are in all the wards dealing with the welfare of the sick people. The Bill will also help regulate social work practice. Those areas have been infiltrated by personnel without prerequisite training in social work and social service. That is why we want to align the Bill with the law so that we can avoid every other person saying he or she is a social worker. 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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