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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope he is now ready to listen to this answer! Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Under the current organization of the Government, the respective responsibilities of the two Ministries are as follows. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation: public health and sanitation policy, prevention and preventive health services, community health services, health education, reproductive health, food quality and hygiene, health inspection and other health services, quarantine administration, oversight of all sanitation services, preventive health programmes including vector control, national public health laboratories, Government Chemist, dispensaries and health centres, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Radiation Protection Board (RPB), members of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) Board and members of the KMTC Board. Under the Ministry of Medical Services we have medical services policy, curative services, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, treatment and management, maternity services, rural medical services, clinics and hospitals, registration of doctors and paramedicals, nurses and midwives, the National Hospital Insurance Fund, clinical laboratory services, the KMTC, KEMSA, regulatory bodies for pharmacy and medicine, members of the KEMRI Board. (b) In the execution of their mandate, the two Ministries consult and complement one another. However, the separation of the two Ministries has presented certain operational challenges, especially in the management of health services and/or health facilities and implementation of Government health sector programmes. The matter is under"
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