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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing to me to support this Motion by Sen. Nyamunga. This is a very important Motion to me, considering that community health workers do such a great job that impacts on almost everything that has to do with livelihood. Sometime this year, around the month of May, I had an encounter with community health volunteers. They were going round every other home in the village checking out whether the homes had toilets and sanitation facilities. When they heard that I was home, they popped in and I had a chance to talk to them. They said they are going around and that they had a programme that is supported by a certain donor, whom I do not remember the name. They said that that programme was to ensure that each and every home had a toilet, a sink to wash hands or a “leaking tin” as it is commonly referred to in schools, which is used to wash hands after visiting the toilet. Mr. Speaker, Sir, they me told that they were going to give a certificate after the programme. Sen. Nyamunga probably needs to see what we can do about that because I think it was a very good example. They said that the certificate was meant to show that that village is defecation-free and clean. This exercise is meant to inform people that once you approach the village, please stop and ensure that should you have a call of nature, there is a toilet in a nearby home. I thought this was a very encouraging exercise. In fact, the other day, they invited me to attend to my village’s certification that it is a village that is certified to have most of these facilities. They are training our people in the rural areas to know that once you visit a toilet, you are supposed to have water nearby for you to wash your hands. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish that in this process, we would end up having health workers help us with the issue of teenage pregnancies because they are able to offer some training. We would also have community health workers who are able to talk to our people on how to access clean water and ensure that their water is clean; health workers who might even include the nyumba kumi initiative heads. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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