{"id":106582,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/106582/?format=json","text_counter":227,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o","speaker_title":"The Minister for Medical Services","speaker":{"id":193,"legal_name":"Peter Anyang' Nyong'o","slug":"peter-nyongo"},"content":"(a) I am aware that my Ministry has not deployed a medical officer in Marsabit North District. (b) Staffing norms for health service delivery permit deployment of medical officers in hospitals only. A medical officer will therefore be posted to Marsabit North when the district acquires a hospital status. However, our sister Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation has planned to post a district medical officer to Marsabit North this year to oversee the management of health centres and dispensaries as well as implementation of primary healthcare activities."}