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    "id": 1231282,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC",
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    "content": "IMPENDING DOCTORS’ STRIKE IN KISUMU COUNTY Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health on the impending strike by doctors in public health facilities in Kisumu County due to salary delays and failure to remit statutory deductions. In the Statement, the Committee should- (i) Apprise the Senate on the reasons for the two-month delay in payment of doctors’ salaries as well as non-remittance of statutory deductions. (ii) Elucidate on the status of the negotiations between the Kisumu County Government and the Doctors’ Union to resolve the outstanding issues on salary payment. (iii) Indicate the budgetary allocation to the healthcare sector in Kisumu County for Financial Years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023, stating how funds have been utilized. (iv) State the plans, if any, put in place by the County Government of Kisumu to support unpaid doctors and healthcare workers and to avert recurrence of such strikes in the future. The second Statement is on the state of affairs at the Ahero Sub-County Hospital. This is related to the first Statement."
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