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    "id": 988798,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mbito",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Maling'a Mbito",
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    "content": "Committee, let me state that my able Chair has canvassed well on these matters. He has given a good summary of the issues we have covered. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, without fear of contradiction, I want to say that we have covered most of the stakeholders in the health sector. We sat down and listened to them and we got their concerns. I just wish to make a comment or two on what we have noticed so far. In as much as the Ministry of Health has been supportive in terms of coming up with measures on how to address the issue of COVID-19, as a Committee, we still felt that there was some disconnect between the national and county governments. When we talked to the CS, we got many good promises, the kind of engagements he has to make with the counties, the resources he has to make available, and how they have identified areas where people can be quarantined. However, we realised that they have not gone to the ground. Let me make a comment on community health workers. We met the CoG and the Chairman, Gov. Oparanya, confirmed that he has 3,000 community health workers in his county while Isiolo has about 700. When we asked him whether that was the case for the whole country, he gave an answer in affirmative. In Trans Nzoia, which is my county, we do not have any community health workers. If that is the case in my own county, what about other counties? That is the big question we need to ask. The CS for Health, Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, informed us that he will send community health workers to every county. Where did the money for Trans Nzoia County where we even do not have any community health workers go? We are being told that right now, a lot of training for community health workers is going on and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is being procured for them as well because they are some of the frontline workers. Without community health workers, we cannot effectively deal with COVID-19. That is one of the issues I wanted to point out and request the county 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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