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    "id": 1358260,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murgor",
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    "content": "The Petitioners also wanted the Senate to compel the Ministry of Health to develop policy guidelines geared towards the recognition of the Supply Chain Management Assistants attached to the health departments across the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee made the following observations during the interventions with the Petitioners and other stakeholders who include the Ministry of Health, the Council of Governors (COG), Kenya Institute of Supply Chain Management, Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and the Union of Kenya Civil Servants- (1) The Petitioners used the term ‘Ministry of Health’ to mean the ‘County Departments of Health’ since they are employees of the County Governments. (2) The Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030, by extension, the Health Act 2017, does not classify Supply Chain Management Assistants serving in hospitals and health facilities as healthcare workers. Currently, they are not workers per Health Profession Standards as prescribed in the Word Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on health professionals. (3) Supply Chain Management Assistants offered essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic as suppliers and practitioners alongside other health professionals like doctors, nurses, among others, but SCMAs did not receive any extraneous allowances. (4) Supply Chain Management Assistants do not receive allowances from the Ministry of Health or the county governments, like other health workers in hospitals and healthcare facilities, as they are not considered health workers, unlike drivers and other support staff performing administrative duties like clerks, accountants, financial officials and human resource, and are not entitled to any extraneous allowances. The Committee made the following recommendations in response to the Petitioner's prayers- (i) The County Government may consider allowances to the Supply Chain Management Assistants alongside other County Government employees. (ii) The Ministry of Health should operationalise the Kenya Health Services Inter- Governmental Consultative Forum, Kenya Health Human Resources Advisory Council and the Kenya Health Professional Oversight Authority should establish the Health Act, 2027 with immediate effect and submit a report to the House within three months upon tabling of this Report. (iii) The Ministry of Health and SRC should streamline allowances of all workers in the health sector. Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.238, I table this Report on the Petition concerning alleged discrimination against the health workers or Supply Chain Management Association."
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