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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my comment is in reference to the Statement by the hon. Senator who raised the issue of the 4,000 unemployed doctors. I just want to say two very quick things. First, at the continental level, we as a country are encouraging that we have a free movement of labour. This is the position Kenya is taking at the continental parliament in the Pan African Parliament. So, it is a very strange thing to hear that the Ministry of Health is telling doctors that they are barred from moving from this country to go and seek employment in other parts of the country or the continent or the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is where we are going. Kenya is noted as a country that has one thing which is a big resource; educated population. So, we are encouraging the Committee on Health to look at this question vis-a-vis continental and international commitments that Kenya has made in terms of encouraging migration of labour. Secondly, we want to ask the Committee on Health, as it is looking at the Statement, to also look at the fact that some counties like Tana River County do not have sufficient doctors. How come doctors are unemployed, yet a county such as Tana River and others remain with insufficient medical employees? As they answer this question, they will also need to look at those two issues."
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