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    "id": 943876,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to support this Motion by Sen. Nyamunga who is my very good neighbor and say this is a very important issue that we must look at, as counties. One of the devolved functions of the county governments is health. Some of us who were raised in the village did not have the privilege of being born in hospitals. Some of us were assisted into this world by midwives which I later came to understand - as some of my colleagues have said - did not have even basic training on issues to do with introduction to medical practice or any other form of practice. When I was growing up, if you had a cough or a running stomach, you would go to see a village doctor, you would be given some herbs to boil and take; after taking those herbs for one or two days, you would be well. This Motion by Sen. Nyamunga is one of the best that we have debated in this House. If we actualize the proposals of this Motion, universal health care will not be hard to attain. I know that you are former Governor but I agree with my colleagues that the governors of this generation imagine that building big buildings is dealing with the challenges in the health sector. The Senate Majority Leader has stated clearly that most governors are busy building infrastructure. For instance, if you visit Kapsabet, the headquarters of Nandi County, the governor is busy putting up infrastructure yet some of the infrastructure have not been equipped. Our governor is building a mortuary which leaves us wondering whether people are supposed to die first. I wonder where the notion that putting up so many buildings makes a hospital. The Chairperson of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) is here. The Committee on Finance and Budget is also represented here by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. I would like to propose to them that we need to separate the issues of human resource, training, capacity building of health workers and infrastructure. From the engagements we have had with the county governments, I have noticed that they give huge allocations of money to the health sector which goes into building infrastructure. The county governments do not factor in issues of human resources training. The county governments are allowed to allocate money into infrastructure. However, they must also allocate money for purposes of training community health workers or any health practitioners. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Universal Health Care (UHC) is one of the Big Four Agendas of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Courtesy of the ad hoc Committee investigating the issues on the infamous medical equipment supplies, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Health said that they have enough man power that they have trained. The problem is that the counties are not hiring the necessary staff to ensure that they work in our hospitals. I am happy that the Chairperson of the ad hoc Committee has ordered the Cabinet Secretary of 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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