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    "id": 1022454,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1022454/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipsengeret Koros",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13479,
        "legal_name": "Benard Kipsengeret Koros",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to ask Question 159/2020 to the Cabinet Secretary for Health: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why the Public Health Officers and Technicians Council (PHOTC), a public body mandated to oversee the training, registration and licensing of public health professionals, charges its graduates exorbitant test fees of Kshs15,000 for diploma holders and Kshs20,000 for degree holders, compared with other equivalent health professional councils which charge relatively lower fees for registration and licensing? (ii) Is there a standard guide or curriculum for teaching of environmental and/or public health programmes in Kenya, as developed by the Council, a function which falls within its prime mandate? (iii) Why has this Council been charging training institutions extremely high fees in the guise of conducting inspections to establish standards for teaching and/or offering environmental and/or public health programmes and yet, it is fully funded by the Exchequer?"
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