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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the right honourable Prime Minister on the prevailing serious conflict of roles and duties between the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation and the Minister for Medical Services. In the Statement, I would like the Prime Minister to clarify the following, among other things:- (a) That there are hierarchical problems in administering the two Ministries right from dispensaries, the rural health centres up to the provincial level. (b) That dispensaries and rural health centres which have traditionally been offering curative services are now under the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation which is supposed to offer preventive medical care. (c) That the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) which deals with research in common diseases and curative cases has been removed from the Ministry of Medical Services which is in charge of curative medicine. (d) That the Radiation Protection Board under whose authority X-rays and curative investigative equipment fall has also been put under the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir---"
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