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    "id": 1518689,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Mwenje",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Theuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I congratulate Hon. Kimilu for bringing this very important Bill. Social workers in developed countries have a very well established system. In countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), Germany and United States of America (USA), social workers are the backbone of the vulnerable in those societies. You only find social workers in hospitals in Kenya. They are in Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH). They usually assist patients who have hospital bills and cannot raise the funds. Those patients are referred to them. Unfortunately, we do not have a regulatory framework of how they can assist vulnerable communities. Without social workers in some hospitals, bodies of the deceased can lie there for months. Some private hospitals in Nairobi hold on to bodies for six months. I have a case in my constituency, but I do not want to mention the hospital. A patient has a bill of Ksh500,000. The family lives in a house, where they pay rent of Ksh2,500 per month. Yet, they are expected to raise such an amount. This will not happen. This is an important Bill because it will not just deal with hospitals bills, but also the issue of social protection. We have the Inua Jamii cash transfers. Social workers should identify vulnerable members of our community and ensure that they are supported. We allow everyone to apply for a bursary, but we know some people deserve a bigger share than what we give them. We are able to give between Ksh5,000 and Ksh10,000 to 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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