{"id":882705,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882705/?format=json","text_counter":233,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Karachuonyo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Adipo Okuome","speaker":{"id":13362,"legal_name":"Andrew Adipo Okuome","slug":"andrew-adipo-okuome-2"},"content":"I also see that the ratio of our doctors to the number of people is very low; the number of Kenyans per doctor is too high. For preventive purposes, it is difficult for us to use doctors. I would like to see a situation where we emphasise on community health by training community health workers well so that they can be part of our preventive actions for this bad disease. I feel that if we have community health workers, we can use them in rural counties and constituencies. I am one of the MPs who would use them if only we can be given enough money to do that. We are in a better position of reaching all corners of the counties than the county governments can. If our National Government Constituencies Development Fund could have a budget line for it, it would help and it would be one first step of taking care of this disease. Since my colleagues have spoken much about the preventive side, I have spoken about the useful things."}