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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Petition. The nursing profession and, indeed, all workers in the health sector in the counties are facing challenges. This House has a duty and responsibility to address those challenges. This House will recall that I brought a Motion to give the health function a national approach. While health is a devolved function, the human resource element particularly in respect to professionals like doctors, clinical officers and nurses needs to retain some national outlook for the purpose of ensuring uniform training standards, transferability and effective implementation of schemes of service so that their welfare is protected. We know that in this country, there are regions which are hardship areas, while some regions are better off. It will be condemning these officers when they are posted to those hardship areas to remain there perpetually until they retire. It will not be feasible at all. I would agree with Sen. Murkomen that we need to discus and ensure that they are transferable whenever necessary. I also disagree with him when he says that in the Constitution, you cannot perform that function under the national level. Article 187 of the Constitution provides that, if a function can best be performed by the other level of government, the two levels of government can reach an agreement in a way that the one The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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