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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms Susan Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members. On the first question, what is the strategy to ensure that this does not occur? In my earlier response, I did indicate that we have immediate, short-term, medium-term and long- term measures. The medium and long-term measures are to ensure that this does not occur. This includes the development of policies like the internship policy which we plan to finalise by the end of April. We have done internal stakeholder validation and next week we shall be going to external stakeholder validation. By the end of April, the policy shall be taken to the Cabinet for consideration and then be brought to this House. Those are some of the strategies that we have put in place to ensure that this does not recur. With regard to the strategies to ensure coordination between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health during this crisis period, we met with my colleague, the Cabinet Secretary for Education. We have put together a joint Committee that includes the Commission of University Education, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council and the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Board (KUCCPS) – that is the one that admits students to the universities. We have given them a timeline of one month to look through what is required in terms of production, available facilities for training, and what we need to do to ensure that we are training enough numbers that we can cater for. Many years ago, it was just one university that was training medical doctors in this country. Now we have eight universities, five public and three private. All those have been put in the joint committee so that we can find a solution to ensure that all interns that are coming out of those universities can be absorbed for internship. Hon. Nyikal is a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. On many occasions, I refer to him on those matters. Regarding the issues that he has raised regarding the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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