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    "id": 440922,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
        "slug": "benjamin-langat"
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Physiotherapists Bill, 2013. Allow me to congratulate my very good friend and former schoolmate, who was my senior in school and of course he became my student when he joined this House. He has been a very good student and being able to bring a Bill as a Member is the greatest achievement you can ever have. That is your principal role and therefore, I want to congratulate my friend, he has done very well in bringing this Bill. Given his background, I want to thank him for exercising his mind and bringing a Bill which is relevant to his profession. That actually explains why we should bring more professionals in the House, so that they will be able to look at their sectors. Physiotherapy is a very special field and this is a very timely Bill. For a very long time, we have left this sector to quacks and the expense has been very huge to this country. Therefore, this being a medical health issue, it must be very strictly regulated. Life is not like vehicles or trees, this is about human beings and therefore all the health sectors must be regulated. I want to ask all the doctors in the House or those who have a medial background to ensure that we regulate the health sector. Having said those words, because I do not need to talk much, I would only want to mention Clause 4(1) on the roles of the Council. I have seen under 4(2)(d) the council is supposed to prescribe and conduct examinations for purposes of registration under this Act in collaboration with approved institutions. I would want him to look at that because when I look at, for example, the Law Society of Kenya it does not conduct examinations. Maybe it only ensures quality standards in collaboration with the training institutions. This would be feasible. I do not foresee this council being able to conduct examinations. If we give it power to conduct examinations, I do know whether that will be feasible. The other point I would want to make is under Clause 3 of the Bill, which speaks to the financial provisions of the council. I say this because I come from a financial background. I want the Member who has moved the Bill to relook at that section. This is because if we create a council and we do not give it express powers to levy from the membership of the council, then we may have a council---"
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