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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is an important Bill because just looking at its objective, you learn that it is meant to regulate the personnel who will be working in this sector. There is need for regulation of any group of service providers, particularly in such sensitive sectors as that of health. The Bill sets out to provide a framework for training, registration of the professionals and licensing, which are important. It provides for the establishment of a board, giving it powers and detailing its functions. The more we professionalise service providers in whatever sector, the better. When I looked at this Bill initially, I had certain reservations. But after going through it and reflecting over it, I feel that we need to lay down foundations for professionalising any form of service provision. This will go a long way because we will provide the standards. It is also a way of ensuring that such services are not infiltrated by quacks and other unqualified people. Therefore, the more we encourage specialisation in whatever services we provide the better. If this Bill is passed into law, it will provide recognition as it will ensure those who work in this sector are recognised, respected, paid well, properly deployed and properly utilised. It is also a way of ensuring that there is accountability because registers, code of conduct and a disciplinary committee to ensure that members of this cadre are accountable will exist. I am looking at this Bill, and the people it will apply to will not be just the usual clerks, work write names of those who appear at health facilities; there will be something more comprehensive. The Bill intends to have in place very comprehensive records that touch not only on patients, but also on the processes that go on in these health facilities. The professional records managers will co-ordinate reports from the various professionals within hospitals. In case of any need for research, there will be an information centre and a way of accessing as much information as possible. As technologies develop and ways of capturing information increase, there will be need for more specialised and better qualified people. This will entail comprehensive information to provide data for research, planning, forecasting, and also getting information from practitioners of other countries. I am looking at it as a centre from which you can get all the information you might need relating to the practice about medicine and other related information to do with health facilities. I have also noted that the Bill details the functions of the Board, which include creation, maintenance and promotion of training standards, examinations, syllabus and compilation of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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