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    "id": 1112014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1112014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Another area we need to consider is how we can incentivize experts to move to county hospitals. There is an overconcentration of experts here at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital and Kenyatta University Referral Hospital. I guess it is because they are the major facilities, which are in Nairobi. Is there a way we can come up with a scheme or method that incentivizes our experts, who have PhD or professors in various fields of medicine? We need to see them in places such as Wajir, Murang’a, Mombasa or Marsabit. That is how we will uplift the health standards of this Republic. We also need to look at whether this Bill can help in continuous medical training. All major professions including Engineering and Law have now come up with continuous education and development curriculums. Medicine is one of the most dynamic professions. Scientists are coming up with new gadgets to help diagnose diseases and new medicine is being researched. I propose that if we were to introduce such kind of a scheme, we should ensure that our doctors and health workers are up to date. I do not know if this Bill will be able to address the issue of delayed salaries. To that extent, I think we need to ask ourselves how the workers tend not to get their salaries on time. Will this Bill remedy that recurrent problem? If we do not address it, it will continue being an issue affecting the health profession. Finally, Cuba is a very small country, but it has one of the best health systems in the world. Why is it that it has outperformed Kenya? One of the areas, I guess, has to do with our few training institutions on matters health. Kenya Medical Training Center has been doing a splendid job in training our nurses and clinical officers. We need to expand our facilities, particularly medical schools. I am happy that several universities have now introduced schools of medicine. I propose that the Commission on University Education compels all universities to have a faculty of Medicine. That way, we are going to churn out more doctors and establish more medical schools. The more the doctors we have, the better it is for this Republic. Going forward, as the world increases the share of its aging population, health sector will be the most lucrative. We know of the shortages that other countries have."
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