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    "id": 1402869,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1402869/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Susan Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health",
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    "content": "On the Question raised by Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, as of February 2024, the Ministry had 3,759 interns for posting under different cadres as indicated. 1. Medical Officer Interns 849 2. Dentist Interns 72 3. Pharmacist Interns 289 4. Nursing (Degree) Interns 1,134 5. Clinical (Degree) Interns 145 6. Clinical (Diploma) Interns 1,270 Of these that I have mentioned, 1,270 clinical officers (Diploma) interns were posted and have already reported to their placement centres. Another 1,210 medical officers, dental officers and pharmacists have been posted and their letters of posting were sent to their emails and they ought to have reported by 15th April 2024. The Ministry has started taking stock from the internship centres to determine how many have so far reported. The Ministry is now in the process of finalising the process for posting the 2,404 nursing and clinical (degree) interns who will start collecting their letters which have been equally posted to their emails. They also ought to report starting the 15th of April, which has already passed. However, Hon. Members, I would like to note that there was a delay in the posting of interns due to lack of budgetary allocations. In the FY 2023/2024, the Ministry was allocated Ksh3,688,166,173 to cater for the internship programme against a requirement of Ksh5,738,217,551 resulting in a gap of Ksh2,050,051,378. This gap was considered during Supplementary Estimate No.1 and was able to cater only for the 4,156 interns who were posted in July 2023."
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