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    "id": 612921,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I stand here before you, 63 health facilities in Busia County comprising of one county referral hospital, seven sub county hospitals and 55 health centres and dispensaries have been closed. Whereas we have witnessed in many counties health workers going on strike, these strikes have been settled within a week or at most 10 days. Busia County health workers’ strike has been on for the last three weeks with no sign of being settled soon. On that note, I have some good news to report. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the strike has caused immense loss of lives and meant that the people of Busia County can die if there get snake bites, Malaria, Typhoid, Dysentery, food poising or complicated birth. The matter is, therefore, urgent. In any civilized society, no life should be lost or a right to life violated on account of lack of access to health care services or medical treatment. This matter deserves immediate and urgent attention. I must say that I have been in discussions at the local level. I have just received information on my iPad gadget that common sense has now prevailed and an agreement on return to work formula reached for the health workers to end the strike at 4 p.m today. I, therefore, wish to congratulate the health workers led by their two unions; the Kenya National Union of Nurses and the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU). I congratulate the county government’s officials who were involved in the actual negotiation; the county secretary, acting chief officer of health and the acting chief officer of public service and also the Ministry of Labour who were involved in this exercise as well as some Members of the county assembly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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