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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this very important Motion by Sen. Nyamunga. Mr. Speaker, Sir, engagement of primary community health workers to support health issues in our communities is very important. As Sen. Poghisio said, this had been started by health workers in some of the communities where we grew up during the colonial period. This was done by training some people on matters to do with maternal healthcare, preventive skills and so on. During our time, many of the mothers were assisted to deliver in the villages so easily and comfortably by these community health workers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the whole world has a shortfall of about 18 million healthcare givers. Most of the countries have currently engaged into these practices to bridge the gap of shortage of health workers. Therefore, these people will be very important if they are engaged and trained to capture the skills that they already have. Doing so, will ensure that they support the health sector in this country. I remember that even in the village, there were some people who normally circumcise young boys in a traditional way. You could see that they are so skilled. If they are given a little training, they could be great surgeons. Therefore, the community health approach to health issues is very important. Mr. Speaker, Sir, currently, many people are suffering from cancer in our country. It is very interesting to note that our people get to know of cancer when it is at stage four. When they seek medical attention, sometimes they are exploited by the private hospitals. These hospitals are not good enough to encourage them to go home and be taken care of in a palliative way. In such moments, the community health workers will be very important if they are given some little skills, especially where so many people in our villages are suffering from cancer. They will support them with palliative care and so many other things related to health issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the community health workers approach to health issues in our country is very important. Every county government should support this so that our people do not continue suffering on issues that could easily be handled. I congratulate Sen. Nyamunga for bringing this very important Motion to this House. I encourage her to continue and even make it a Bill, so that it be factored in as an Act that will support health services in our country. I support."
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