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    "id": 36347,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/36347/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Management of sexual violence is not a training specialty in Kenya. Victims of sexual violence in Kenya are managed by doctors and their support staff - that is nurses, clinical officers, laboratory technicians, medical social workers and clinical pathologists - to whom they present themselves at health facilities. The national guidelines for management of sexual violence have been disseminated to all health facilities for health workers to acquaint themselves with, and to refer to when managing victims of sexual violence. However, certain cadres of health workers have professional training to manage certain aspects of sexual violence. The numbers we have in the country are summarized as follows:- (a) We have 7,745 medical officers who manage physical injury. We have 224 obstetricians and gynecologists who manage physical injury. As far as psycho trauma is concerned, we have 77 psychiatrists managing it. The handling of specimens is done by the 25 pathologists that we have in the country. That makes a total of 7,571 medical professionals who handle various aspects of sexual violence. (b)There is no protocol between the Ministry of Medical Services and the Judiciary for special court attendance by doctors during hearing of cases involving sexual and gender-based violence. However, doctors testify in courts on cases involving victims that they have attended to. You realize that it is the duty of every citizen in Kenya that when you are summoned to a court of law, you are duty bound to attend such courts. (c) Given the mobility of doctors into and out of Nairobi, including the capacity of doctors to work in more than one town, it is not possible to state the number of doctors available"
}