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    "id": 5030,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of the planned nationwide strike involving members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPPDU) scheduled to start on 5th December, 2011. The Ministry has taken the following measures in order to avert the strike. 1. On Monday, 21st November, 2011, the Minister for Medical Services met the union officials and received their demands. 2. On Tuesday, 22nd November, 2011, Ministry officials met KMPPDU and initiated dialogue on their concerns. During the meeting, it was agreed that the Union’s grievances would be shared with other relevant Government Ministries. 3. An inter-Ministerial meeting was held on Wednesday, 23rd November, 2011 and representatives of the following Ministries attended: the Ministry of Medical Services, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of State for Public Service and the Public Service Commission. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance was invited but they did not attend. During the meeting, the health Ministries presented the concerns of the Union, which included the following among others: 1. improved terms and conditions of service; 2. higher salaries and allowances; 3. funding for training, and, 4. better working conditions. The meeting noted that the majority of the issues fell under the mandate of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. However, the meeting identified a number of pending concerns that had already been authorized. This included promotions, upgrading, re-designations and payment of extraneous allowances."
}