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    "id": 379177,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "considering that there are about 500,000 who see a doctor on a daily basis in this country. If that figure was accepted, there would hardly be any people. So, that figure is a bit high. Secondly, we have talked about the quality of training in this country. I am one of those who are trained in the medical field in this country and can say for sure that the training offered by all the training institutions in this country, especially for medical doctors, dentists and all others is of very high standard. This is because we know that we do have records, both from students who have qualified from our institutions and other institutions worldwide, showing us that the quality of training in this country is, perhaps, the highest in Africa, in as far as I am concerned. What we have is some confusion that is brought about by people who are not trained in medicine. There are thousands of people in this country who are pretending to be practicing medicine. They have not been trained or registered, yet they hang their names on every tree or post in the streets; pretending that they are giving medicine. The medical personnel in this country are very well trained and we are sure about this. We also know of the increasing number of foreigners who are coming to this country to seek medical treatment. This is an indication that the quality of training that we have in this country is good. Nevertheless, the concerns which have been raised here are concerns that we need to address in a proper manner so that we do not pass a Motion here that will not help or that is not probably legal. Health policy in this country, as it is, is not a devolved function. Therefore, regulating the medical personnel, whether they are in the national Government or in the counties, is a function of a policy that has not been devolved. You cannot discipline or correct a medical doctor if the regulatory body is not involved. Therefore, if we want to do this, then we must change the Constitution. We must devolve health services, labour laws and consumer protection laws. These are laws that will guide the county governments to legally have charge of the personnel. If we pass a Motion that allows county governments to simply set up a board, that board will be toothless and will not do anything because it cannot control or regulate the personnel we have."
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