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    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ola",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "Thank hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion by my friend hon. Ochieng. It is quite disappointing when I realize how many nurses and clinical officers this country has trained, yet they all end up going out of this country to USA, Europe, South Africa and South America to work as maids or at old age institutions. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Jubilee Government. In their nine pillars, they emphasized on health. I am sure that on the basis of their promises, we can set aside money to employ nurses and clinical officers, who are otherwise unemployed, to serve in the dispensaries that have been constructed using CDF money, and our people will get healthcare. I would urge this august House that now that we are at the Budget approving stage - I saw that they have said that we sneaked in about Kshs1.3 billion for the CDF. Under the guidelines of CDF, a percentage should be given to employ nurses and clinical officers. This will help equip the already constructed CDF health facilities in various constituencies, rather than relying on the Government or even pushing the agenda to the county governments. I still do not believe that the county governments have what it takes to employ these health officers; the National Assembly should approve some funds to this end. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a healthy nation needs healthy people. This nation cannot move to the next stage of development unless we make our citizens healthy. I know that in my constituency--- Mlolongo has a population of about 150,000 people and there is only one CDF constructed dispensary that serves all those residents. If you go to Athi River, we only have one dispensary that is run by Mavoko Town Council and takes care of about 125,000 people. If the nurses and clinical officers who are idle are engaged or employed by the Government, I will be smiling. As the hon. Member suggested, we might think about mobile clinics. But, who will be manning them unless we have nurses paid by the Government? We should engage them and even look into the option of having mobile clinics going to places where there are no health facilities. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Motion has come at a time when every hon. Member here does not understand how a free maternity service has been introduced; our people have got no facility to help them deliver babies. As Prof. Nyikal has said, the most important thing in the world is to have a baby. I wonder what will happen to the barren ones. I think this is an opportune moment for this Motion to be passed and a Bill enacted, so that the Government can absorb all the idle nurses and clinical officers. I beg to support the Motion. Thank you."
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