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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill provides for training, registration and licensing of public health officers and public health technicians. The Bill further provides for the regulation of practice and establishment of core functions of these cadres. These officers are the frontline soldiers of the Ministry as they are usually the first response to any immediate threats to the health of the general public. The Bill further establishes the Public Health Officers and Public Health Technicians Council as a body corporate. The Council will exercise general supervision and control over the training, practice, conduct and employment of public health officers and public health technicians. In addition, the Council will approve training institutions and prepare the courses for the training of public health officers. The Bill also contains financial provisions and provides for funds of the Council, investments of the funds and annual estimates. This is to ensure prudent financial management through promotion of accountability and transparency. The Public Health Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Bill, 2009, is a Health Bill aimed at protecting the health of the public through health promotion and prevention of diseases. The group of diseases that are related to the environment account for approximately 80 per cent of communicable and non-communicable diseases in the country, a situation that calls for proper supervision and regulation of practice of public health officers and public health technicians. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to move that The Public Health Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Bill, 2009 be read a Second Time. I request Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o to second this Bill."
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