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    "id": 583570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/583570/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kittony",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13110,
        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
        "slug": "zipporah-jepchirchir-kittony"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a Statement was sought by Sen. (Prof.) Lesan from the Standing Committee on Health. The specific information sought was: 1. Explain whether the Government is aware that the KUCCPS selected and placed students in the various medical training centers in the country. 2. Further explain whether the Government is aware that the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) also selected applicants and has since issued admission letters to the student selected to join the colleges. 3. Explain the fate of the students who were selected by KUCCPS and have no admission letters to any of the medical training colleges. (a) Yes, the Ministry of Health is aware that the KUCCPS selected and placed students in the various medical training centers in the county. (b) Yes, the Ministry of Health is aware that the KMTC also selected applicants and has since issued admission letters to the students selected by the college. (c) The KMTC was created by an Act of Parliament CAP 261 of 1990, with the mandate to train middle level health professionals for the healthcare delivery system. The college academic board has the responsibility of selection and placement of students to KMTC. Following the enactment of the Universities Act of 2012, and the KUCCPS, there ensued confusion among the members of the public regarding the selection of the students to the KMTC. The Universities Act, Section 57, states that; notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a university or a college may independently admit students to its programmes in accordance with its approved admission criteria. This shows that there is no conflict between the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Act of ---"
}