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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am told that if you diagnose a person with cancer cells at stage one and two, that situation can be arrested. However, the problem is always misdiagnosis or late diagnosis. Therefore, to preempt other Oluochs, Wanjirus and Koechs from passing on because of this disease, it is time we invested more in human capital in the area of medicine. We are now importing doctors from Cuba. However, one of the reasons why the Cuban system is very successful is because they have many doctors who provide primary health care. In this country, we have clinical officers who are not being employed. It is unfair for this country not to employ people who have diploma or degree in medicine. Incidentally, for a very long time when you went to a public university in this country, the only course that the Government gave a guarantee of employment was medicine. Currently, we have a situation where counties are not absorbing our doctors. It is no longer automatic that you get employment once you get out of medical school. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a young man from my county. He got Grade “A” stand at Njiris School. He was the number one pupil in primary school. He went and did medicine, but he has not been absorbed in any county in a country with a dire health problems. That is very unfair and wrong to have jobless and bright medical personnel and people who were the best when we were at the university or other levels. This death should inspire the Senate to do more and come up with policies and changes that are going to ensure our counties employ more doctors and health workers, including nurses. The Abuja Declaration says that at least 15 per cent of our national revenue should go to health care. We have not met that threshold. For instance, in my county, we have a situation where many hospitals do not have medicine. The medical personnel are not being paid on time. That is wrong. We, as a Senate, need to highlight these issues. We need to call governors to account and tell them no--"
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