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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Okay. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following amendment: THAT, we delete from the fourth line the words “the Senate urges” up to the end and substitute it with the following words: “the Senate urges the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) to decentralize and establish its offices in all the counties of Kenya.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am moving this amendment because I do support the spirit of the Motion. As a practicing advocate, one of my major clients were the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU), which came to the aid of any doctor who had been either charged with professional negligence or if there had been any complaint against any doctor before the board, I would appear. So, I am aware that these problems of professional negligence particularly have been going on. But the other times I was in practice, the doctors who were appearing before these boards – the doctors against whom cases were being filed – were really the established doctors from established hospitals like the Nairobi Hospital, the Aga Khan Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital. These were really the best established doctors and yet, even in that, we had cases of negligence. At that time, people were not very much aware of their rights; whatever the doctor had done was taken as done, with people relying on the common saying “yote ni ya Mungu.” But people have now become aware of their rights, but even more importantly, because of the increase in population, hospitals and many people seeking medical assistance, such cases have become very many and, consequently, the need to decentralize. It is in the spirit of our Constitution – and I believe it is Article 6(3) – which encourages national organs or institutions to decentralize their activities so that the services are also available at the county level. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is in that spirit that we are now saying that with the phenomenal increase in our population and people seeking medical services; and, therefore, an increase in the number of doctors who have come up, the activities of the KMPDB should also be decentralized. The board is a statutory body established under an Act of Parliament to more or less discipline the members of the profession and, of course, key to any profession worth its name is an independent institution which disciplines its members. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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