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    "id": 1412712,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1412712/?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": "The Ministry appealed to the National Treasury to provide funding of Ksh4,873,708,800 to cater for the placement of 3,759 interns through a letter dated 1st February 2024. The National Treasury replied through a letter dated 13th February 2024 indicating that they were not in a position to provide the requested funds and advised the Ministry to rationalise the numbers of interns and review the internship policy with a view to accommodate more interns within the available budgetary provisions. Following the guidance from the National Treasury, the Ministry wrote to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for guidance on how to rationalise that. The SRC responded by providing stipend rates to be payable to the interns. With the rates from the SRC, the Ministry wrote to the National Treasury and secured Ksh2,317,200,000 to post 3,759 interns. It is on this rate that the interns I have indicated above have been posted. The second part of the Question asks the Ministry to provide timelines within which the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was signed in 2017 between the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and the Government will be fully implemented. The CBA signed with KMPDU in 2017 continues to be implemented by the national Government. The national Government has so far undertaken the following to fulfill its obligations under the CBA: 1. Facilitated the payment of basic salary arrears accrued by national Government entities arising from the 2017-2021 CBA. I would like to confirm that the national Government has paid in excess and some doctors owe the national Government some money. 2. Provided grants and scholarships for eligible post-graduate medical officers based on an immediate service-need basis. 3. Provided comprehensive medical insurance to doctors at the national Government level. 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"
}