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    "id": 379267,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "This board needs to be devolved. I know health is a devolved function and when I look at this complaints board, I would shy away from establishing a parallel body at the county because it will mean that we have several centres that would be in contravention to what is going on already. I know that most cases go unreported because people do not know exactly where to go and secondly, the bureaucratic process of making a complaint to this board is also discouraging. If at all they sit once after three months, it means that the 40 million people will take a longer time to present their complaints to the board. This board can be devolved to the counties so that it is not entirely a new board but a sub-set of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. That way, we will synchronise and reconcile all the cases that come from the counties and those that come to the national level. When Kenyans are able to make these complaints at the point where they are, for example, if someone in Tana River can go to a sub-branch or a chapter of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, then we will make sure that these cases are more effectively handled and that more people know that there is redress. When people think that a doctor has caused the death of a loved one, they always think of the courts because they think that is the only way they can get justice, but when you go to the courts, it is very difficult to file a suit in this country. Even hiring a lawyer is a preserve of a few. If people go to their county headquarters, the boards there will act as intermediaries that will relay the same complaint to the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board that is in Nairobi. If we do that, we would be able to say that we have brought services closer to the people as it is supposed to be, and as is enshrined in the Constitution. The right to life in Article 26 of the Constitution and the right to medical care in Article 43 is not an option. It says clearly “shall”."
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