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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "As a student of business, change comes with a lot of difficulty. Not only in organizations, but also to individuals who before believed that things can only be done in a certain way. We have believed in a big percentage that the traditional way of doing things is the best way and we had a feel that it was the best way to get results because there is that mentality that you have to physically go and see a doctor in order to feel that you have gotten the medical treatment you deserve. Times have changed. The same way you do not need to go to a bank and check the bank balance, but you can use your phone on the many digital platforms. We have on banking, check your balance and make bank transfers. It is the same way you can liaise and communicate with a medical practitioner on your illness and get guidance on time. This brings about the title of the Bill which talks about prevention. If you do not use the speedy mode of technology, then it might delay and bring more issues later. If you look at cancer, it comes in different stages. There is stage one, two, three and four. Stage three and four are serious. They are said to be the stages when you are almost at your final stage. However, if you can note cancer at an early stage, then it becomes easier to get treatment at the earliest time possible. Even if you do not have cancer cells, you will know how to prevent it in the event you have symptoms that lead or show that this could be the case. If it is not the case, then you are in a position to be well-advised medically on how to prevent this disease. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, matters of technology and e-health are critical. For you to be a fully pledged medical practitioner like a doctor, you have to be a graduate from a recognized university in this country or any other that is recognized worldwide as far as medical matters are concerned so that you get certified and can practice as a medical doctor. It is at this point of the discussion of e-health that it is important for the doctors to not only concentrate on the theory and practical part of it, but also start doing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) studies. One of the things I champion is certification of ICDL. It is an internationally recognized certificate that you can acquire as you pursue your doctorate degree. It should be mandatory on all medical studies, be it lab technician, pharmacy, nursing, nutritionist and all courses in the medical field. It is very important to be certified as an ICT person, both the knowledge and the practicability part of it. This is because we cannot achieve e-health if we do not have doctors or medical practitioners who do not understand the basics of an ICT gadget and how to use the technology of different applications that are available, such as logging in to a system to communicate with your doctor as far as a consultation is concerned, accessing your prescription and accessing a pharmaceutical or a chemist in order to dispense and get drugs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, within the pharmaceutical sector, there is tele sales, which has been there. As I said, I have practiced pharmacy. Business and transactions have been done through what we call tele sales. However, what has not been there and emphasized on is the e-health and telemedicine factor, which plays a very key role. Allow me to touch on the issue of disbursement of funds by the National Treasury. I am talking as a Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget on why we came about and settled on the Kshs415 billion. As I said before, this is not a figure that we woke up as"
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