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    "id": 1401206,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 520,
        "legal_name": "Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will begin with the question of Sen. (Prof.) Kamar that the KMPDU has alluded to the Government being on strike. They have explained that this is because the CBA was not implemented from 2017 to date. The CBA that was signed had several aspects. In my earlier submission, we have put those matters into the different areas that need to take responsibility. We have matters for the national Government, those that are cross-cutting and for county governments. I want to confirm that of the six issues that pertain to the national Government, we have addressed them. The issue of post-graduate fee arrears has been addressed with the release of Kshs200 million from the National Treasury for payment. The issue of basic salary arrears within the CBA, for the doctors who work within the national Government, that aspect has been met. In fact, there is an overpayment. The Government is now asking, what do we do with the overpayment of the arrears to the doctors? The issue of the CBA between KMPDU and KNH was awaiting concurrence from the SRC, which has already been done. The issue of the CBA between Moi Teaching Referral Hospital (MTRH) and KMPDU has already been finalized. It was a matter in court and a decision was already passed. Regarding the issue of the CBA between Kenyatta University Teaching and Research Hospital and KMPDU, the CBA is now ready. Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital has called the unions to go discuss and negotiate on the CBA. So, on matters about the national Government, progress has been made. The only sticky issue is the stipend. I want to ask of this House, that as for that stipend, we are asking that if the interns, and should they accept that, then they open room for negotiation that the Government has offered. They have not come to the table to tell us that, no, we will not take that, we want this. That must be allowed to happen. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, on the issue of the Government walking out during the discussions, I was in that meeting and I confirm that the Government did not walk out. The meeting adjourned because we were following the orders of the judge from the court. The judge ordered that the doctors should suspend the strike for negotiations to proceed. That is what we were asking of the doctors, that they suspend the strike and negotiations to proceed. I want to confirm to the House that negotiations will be good. Negotiations will be accelerated, if we have no people dying out of this strike. They will be accelerated if the doctors are at the bedside of the patients. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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