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    "id": 1518348,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the Sen. Okong’o Omogeni. He has spoken like an Adventist elder. That is a good sermon for the Sabbath. We have called them to be pure. The second proposal is that we need to put trackers on these rapists, the way they have done with pedophiles in America and other countries so that when they come around schools, they are tracked. There should be a signal, so that we can prevent these rapist cases. I want to challenge the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Mr. Amin. If these cases of abductions are happening and they know, is it hard to look for one rapist that is causing havoc that has raped eight women in Kajiado? It is very unfortunate. What does DCI do with the money we allocate them? DCI Amin and the police must be called out to ensure they track these rapists. We do not want our women and girls to live in fear when they are going to school. On the issue of doctors, I want to say that I brought a statement about the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) the other day. Now we have this doctor who committed suicide. I think we need to agree. There was a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that the Government signed with the doctors. We must implement that CBA. Let us give our doctors, nurses and medical practitioners their rights. The reason they are committing suicide is because of the harsh working environment where there are no gloves, no protection, care, or PPEs and poor remuneration. I have seen my brother Kebore, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) calling for strikes in some counties. Even I saw my classmate in Kericho calling for a strike of doctors because they have not been given fair treatment and fair remuneration. You saw there was a doctor who worked more than 24 hours in KNH and he died in his sleep a few months ago. People like Dr. Desree Moraa have given all in their life. To be a doctor is not easy because they say God heals, but the doctor cures. We need to stand with the professionals. I am proposing that the Senate and the Health Committee - I hope the Health Committee Members are here - let us form a National Health Commission (NHC) because there is a crisis in the medical sector. We have problems in Nandi County. Meru health system has collapsed. Why do we not form the NHC to handle the human resources of medical practitioners in this country? Let us give all these medical practitioners such as dentists, gynecologists, psychologists and therapists better packages. With time, if we do not fairly remunerate them, they will migrate to other countries and we will never have professionals to treat our people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of our people will be emigrating from here to India and we will lose revenue. What is India doing differently that we cannot do in Kenya and treat our people, including cancer patients?"
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