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    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Committee Report on the appointment of Dr. Amoth. When Dr. Amoth appeared before the Committee, he had passed through the correct process. We looked at all the processes and confirmed that they were correctly carried out. He appeared before the Joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Senate on Health and met all the requirements, including the integrity requirement from the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), Article 6 of the Constitution and the Public Service requirements. What is more important is the technical competency of Dr. Amoth. People have said that Dr. Amoth worked in his competence area while acting as the Director-General for Health. However, what validates his competency more than anything else - which was an embarrassment to the people of Kenya - is that he was elected as the Co-Chairperson of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO). One is elected as a Co-chairperson by the board of directors and ministers of health from 50 countries in the world. The board of directors saw it fit to appoint Dr. Amoth as their co-chair. I interacted with Dr. Amoth on two occasions when I was at the WHO Assembly. The whole world was looking up to him. He was chairing many committees and was asked to comment on everything. He was recognised world- wide as a competent health administrator. Personally, I was satisfied with the way he answered questions during the interview. His understanding of the Ministry structures was perfect. We could not have found a better person for this job. Definitely, I did not need any assistance to asses him on his technical competence because he did a good job. There were issues that came up through a memorandum that questioned his competence. One of them was the issue of clinical officers. When we listened to his responses, we discovered that it was a policy issue that needed not to be raised. The other issue was termination of pregnancies. When we questioned the person who brought the memorandum, we learnt that the complaint was about vaccination and reproductive health. Dr. Amoth answered competently on vaccines. I do not have to gain-say how he managed the COVID-19 pandemic. I will tell Dr. Amoth that – and he understands this – but the biggest challenge in the health sector is the harmonisation of the national policy at the headquarters and the delivery at the counties in terms of human resource, supplies in drugs and pharmaceuticals, financing, particularly the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), and the issue of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). I am sure he is up to the task. He will do it and help us achieve the UHC if he is given the opportunity. With that, I support his appointment."
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