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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have addressed this Question very thoroughly. Indeed, it is an international problem. It is not just in the country. There is an international task force to look into issues to do with CHWs and Kenya is a member. I represent Kenya. Then there is India, China, Ethiopia and the former Prime Minister of Norway. That is under the auspices of Prof. Sachs who is the special envoy for the United Nations for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). So, it is something that is disturbing not just us, but the whole world where those services are needed. You will appreciate that if we employ CHWs, I will require an extra Kshs15 billion in the budget. I do not even get that amount from the Government. What we get is augmented by the development partners. In fact, a big portion of my budget comes from development partners. So, I would urge the hon. Member to bear with us and wait for that international task force to see whether the international community will also take that responsibility. That way, we can use some of the money we get from donors to pay CHWs. When I move around the country, I see the good work they are doing. I was in Kaloleni last Monday to open the model health centre. The community health workers there pass good health messages to the community, and we would like to empower them, but we only have so much in our kitty. We have given them bicycles in each constituency. We have also given five motorbikes for each constituency, so that they can move to each household. We appreciate their work, but right now it is purely on voluntary basis. I hope that very soon, we will be able to even give some incentives. These are things that we are trying to work on. The problem is that once you employ you have to do the same for all the other workers in the sector. That comes up to a very big bill. I have thought about it."
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