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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other object in this Bill is to reduce the number of members in that council. They have an unworkable figure of 22 which, more or less, looks like a public baraza and never meets. So, we are trying to harmonise that by having 13 members that can come to a meeting and reducing the quorum so that they can be able to meet on a regular basis. They have hired several professionals, and they have confirmed today, both in accounting and human resources. However, we may listen to them to increase one more member outside the 13 members who is a specialist in human resources. When you have 22 members in this council and not representing the entire spectrum, then several problems arise. Under the current dispensation and, generally, there are two cadres of nurses. We have the Registered Nurses who are trained up and above the diploma and Enrolled Nurses who fall below that cadre. On the upper echelon, we have nurses who have up to PhD in various aspects, like ICU Nursing and so forth. Again, there were challenges in registering this cadre of registered nurses so that this register can accommodate those people with post-graduate, under-graduate and PhD qualifications while not ignoring the lower cadre. In spite of the fact that the East African Community and the treaties thereon do bring some challenges--- With due respect, Tanzania trains their nurses and are able to get some from as low as Class 8. When we have this common policy, we need to have this kind of statute so that we do not have nurses here who are registered nurses in their domain but who fall short of the mandatory training and requirements under this Act. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since 1991 when nurses were allowed to go into private practice, there has been noticeable hostility between the nurses and the other professionals; and within and without the other professionals. All we are saying here is that a nurse who is qualified and, perhaps, holds a PhD in Nursing should be allowed to own a nursing home and carry out the services of nursing. We are not saying in any way and there is no contest between doctors and nurses here. These people are licensed to do specific jobs and in areas where they are competent."
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