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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, it is worth noting that in the letter dated 20th May 2021 submitting the Joint Memorandum to the Clerk, the Cabinet Secretary for Health is on record that the the Ministry had reviewed the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in consultations with stakeholders in the Health Sector. Hr added that the Ministry had reached a consensus with a majority of the stakeholders on regulatory councils/boards as contained in the Joint Memorandum. Honourable Members, over and above the public advertisement placed in the print media inviting submission of memoranda, the Committee, by way of a letter dated 20th April 2021, invited key stakeholders in the health sector for a virtual stakeholder engagement on 22nd April 2021. Having perused both the Report and the Minutes annexed to the Report, I can confirm that, far from the claims made by the Hon. Duale, the Kenya Clinical Officers Association was party to the Joint Memoranda submitted by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the parties to it. Further, minutes of the meeting of the committee held on 22nd April 2021 also confirm that the said association was present and did participate in the proceedings. With regard to the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers, minutes of the foregoing meeting show that the Union was present at the meeting. While the Union is not listed in the Report as having submitted a separate memorandum, I am inclined to believe that by virtue of having been on record to have attended the hearings on 22nd April, 2021, it had the opportunity to canvas its views on the Bill. I am also reliably informed that the Ministry of Health wrote to the Clerk of the National Assembly seeking to ‘clarify and articulate the proposed amendments’. The committee and the Ministry held consultative meetings, physically on 17th August, 2021 and virtually on 31st August, 2021 before adopting the Report. From the foregoing, it is apparent that the committee engaged The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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