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    "id": 1402229,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. As it has been said by almost all the Senators, this is a devolved function. Ninety percent of the doctors work in the counties. Article 26(1) of the Constitution states that every person has a fundamental right to life. I will refer you again to Article 43(1) (a), which states that every person has the right to the highest standard of health. Similarly, Article 43 (2) (a) states that a person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to blame both parties because Article 26 (1) and Article 43 (1) (a) have been contravened by both the Executive and the medical doctors. When we had the CBA in 2013 a Kenyan doctor was earning about US$300, in Uganda they were earning US$631 and in Rwanda, US$474. It is only South Africa and Namibia where they earned US$3400 and US$3100 respectively. During that CBA period, the Cabinet Secretary then, Cleopa Mailu, said and I quote- “The dark side of our history is over because of that CBA’’. Similarly, let me quote what Mr. Henry Rotich said- “The Government cannot afford to pay that salary”. Madam Temporary Speaker, to train a student doctor to specialize on a particular specialty will take about 10 years. My son has just graduated to be a doctor this year."
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