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    "id": 1216445,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13591,
        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "In the just concluded Budget Policy Statement (BPS), if you can recall as you were in the House, the national Government proposes to employ about 20,000 medical staff. I support that. However, as we continue to employ more medical staff, we should equally look into the welfare of the already employed members serving in the medical sector. This is so that, we do not produce many qualified staff for medical services, for instance, nurses, clinical officers and so on yet we lose most of them to either foreign employment, as said by Sen. Omogeni or even the private sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenyans are unable to pay their medical bills in the private sector. We access more of the public facilities. If we lose the qualified medical personnel to go to the private sector or out of the country, we will be back to square one. In as much as we want to employ more medical staff, focus should also be given to those who are already employed. The scheme of service is important. The critical institution here, which this Committee should address is the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). That is the same institution that is constitutionally mandated to look at all these issues. I have heard them talk about the teachers, Members of this House, public and civil servants, but less is given to the medical staff. I join my colleagues in supporting this Statement. I call upon the national Government to devolve the health function 100 per cent to our counties. It is our business to ensure that we pursue this route until we have our medical staff go under the scheme of service, so that we have the devolution of health achieved for the betterment of our people. I support."
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