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    "id": 1109393,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "not well taken care of. They cannot find even good housing and many of these things that you would expect by the time you are studying to be a medical doctor. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is common sense that the best of our students in all our institutions--- All the people that were top in our classes for high school institutions that we went to, went all to study medicine, yet, unfortunately, years down the line, to them it looks like it was a wrong decision. At that time, they thought they were setting themselves up on a good career, where they would serve humanity. However, given how we have mismanaged the health sector, it is a big challenge and a wake-up call to us. I know that, as a House, we have had opportunity to reflect on the many challenges that are happening in the health sector and value chain as a whole. I hope that when opportunities such as this present themselves, we will make our mark and contribution. I give my stamp of approval and vote on behalf of the people of Kericho County for this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is because I believe it is important for us to have a unified policy in terms of how we treat our healthcare practitioners across the country. This is so that doctors can know that at least in terms of policy on promotions, study leave and many things that advisory council is supposed to do, there will be one unified institution. That is what Sen. (Dr.) Ali is proposing to us. I support that one 100 per cent. Once we have sorted the human resource issue, we can think about their remuneration. We need to pay our doctors well because we know the amount of work that it costs for them even in terms of training alone. It takes longer than any other profession. There is no other profession that trains longer than one to be a doctor. Even as they move on to specialise, it takes a lot of time, yet on many occasions, we do not pay them well. They are not properly remunerated and this is a challenge that I hope we can understand. Madam Temporary Speaker, I see a lot of focus and wrongly. It is unfortunately because when people see the health department, they only look at the opportunity to make money. That is why you see all these obsessions of opening hospitals here and there. I have seen it in many of our counties. A hospital is not the brick and mortar. It is the human resource that you have there and the equipment that is needed, yet there is a continuous focus. In fact, the truth of the matter and I have said this. There is nothing to hide. One of the biggest curse of this Senate, which I hope we shall rectify before we go home, is how we handled that report on leased medical equipment. I have put today a notice to the Speaker; a desire for us to have a chance to look at that report. Madam Temporary Speaker, on that day when we voted, many of us agreed with many of the findings, but only had issues with recommendations. I hope that those that serve in leadership will present us with an opportunity and chance to look at that report. It spoke to many things of policy, equipment that we are purchasing and all the challenges that went into it. People went and benefited from the sales. That close to Kshs60 billion of a deal is money that we would have used to fix many of the challenges that our healthcare workers continue to face in our counties. It is a shame that up to this moment, no House of Parliament - not National Assembly or us, in the Senate - has been able to address itself to that issue."
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