{"id":1084759,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1084759/?format=json","text_counter":516,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Amos Kimunya","speaker":{"id":174,"legal_name":"Amos Muhinga Kimunya","slug":"amos-kimunya"},"content":"relation to the original Bill which was only prescribing holds a first degree in laboratory medicine. Now, this has been redefined to a master’s degree in medical laboratory science or pathology. It is not stating a master’s degree in health systems management from a recognised university. We need to be very clear. We might prescribe something this person must have, that is a master’s degree in pathology and a master’s degree in management. When it reads that the person must have at least a master’s degree in medical laboratory science or pathology and management, it means having a master’s degree in medical laboratory science and management at the same time. If we say so, we will lock out so many people because we are prescribing a law almost to a specific person. We should talk of three disciplines, either in medical laboratory science or pathology or management but not medical laboratory science and management. To get that person is a unique situation and we should never prescribe a law for a unique situation. It should be aimed at giving many people opportunity. We drop “management” from part (c) and keep it in part (d) in health systems management. We cannot have a pathologist who also has a master’s degree in management. It is a very rare thing and we cannot prescribe it in law."}