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    "speaker_name": "Kilgoris, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli",
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    "content": " Before I make my remarks, I wish to say karibu to the students whom you have just acknowledged, especially those from the great County of Narok and, particularly, one of the oldest schools in Narok. That is Ole Sankale. They are quite welcome in Parliament. Hon. Speaker, the Digital Health Bill is one of the two Bills we will be discussing, and which have been thoroughly deliberated on by the Departmental Committee on Health. The Departmental Committee on Health has prominent Members of Parliament from the medical profession. They are led by our Chairman, Dr Robert Pukose, and ably supported by other doctors. I will not mention all of them, but I would like to particularly recognise Dr Nyikal and our friend Prof. Jaldesa. So, this Committee is populated by medical experts in this field. As a lawyer, I am privileged to midwife the Bill that we are discussing today. This Bill acknowledges that we have all moved, and that digitisation is here. I want to single out one element of digitisation that will be very helpful to the people of Kenya - telemedicine. It is now possible, for example, for a doctor at the Aga Khan University Hospital to review a patient in Kilgoris and prescribe treatment for the patient; or for a doctor in Washington DC to review a patient in Nairobi. However, the challenge this poses is what will be done with the information the medics will possess. This Bill will regulate this area because it has been unregulated in the past. This Bill has been well thought-out. We are confident that, upon passing it, the medical profession will be well-guided on what to do with peoples’ information. One of the important things in the medical profession is the privacy of information. The Bill has a number of ways of dealing with privacy of information. One of the ways is to make sure that the names of patients are not revealed to anybody, especially to the persons requiring that type of information. That is what we call anonymisation. There are many ways that are proposed in this Bill that will ensure that the information gathered and stored is stored securely. I commend Members for this Bill. It is a good Bill. We will propose a number of amendments to it that will not be substantial. As it is, it is a good Bill, and I support it."
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