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    "id": 598992,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.K. Nyamai",
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "petition is under consideration by the Committee, which is still receiving evidence from various stakeholders, including the Ministry, KEMRI and the petitioners. The report will be tabled as soon as the Committee concludes taking evidence. The second one is a petition by the Kenya National Union of Nurses on the proposed Health Bill by the Departmental Committee on Health. The petition is under consideration by the Committee. We will be receiving evidence from stakeholders on 12th November 2015. However, the petitioners’ prayers have already been addressed as we were considering the Health Bill. We will still be receiving the petitioners tomorrow. The third petition is by Mr. Solomon Boriungi Burunga on the amendment of the Cancer Prevention and Control Act, 2014. This petition was committed to the Committee on 30th July 2015. The Committee was given 60 days and it considered the petition pursuant to Standing Order No. 227. The report is ready and it is awaiting the adoption by the Committee. The fourth petition is by Mr. Dennis Githinji, on behalf of university students and graduates of Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Laboratory Medicine in Kenya, regarding registration and regulation of the practice of degree holders in Medical Laboratories Science and Technology. The petition was committed to the Committee on 26th August 2015. We were given 60 days. The petition is under consideration by the Committee. The petitioner will appear before the Committee on 24th November 2015. The fifth petition is by Hon. Samuel Ndiritu on proposed amendments to the Health Bill. This petition was committed to the Committee on 28th August, 2015. The petition is under consideration by the Committee and we will be receiving evidence from stakeholders on 12th November 2015. However, the petitioners’ prayers were addressed while the Committee was considering the Health Bill. Hon. Speaker, we have some pending proposals before the Departmental Committee on Health. We have the occupational therapists proposal which proposes registration and licensing of occupational therapists. It was committed to the Committee on 29th July 2015. The Committee has considered the legislative proposal pursuant to Standing Order No. 114(3)(b). The Committee is concluding its report which will be submitted to the House on Thursday, 12th November 2015. We also have a proposal on the Clinical Officers Bill, 2015 on training, registration and licensing of clinical officers, which was committed to the Committee on 27th July 2015, and we were given 14 days. The Committee has considered the legislative proposal and it will be concluding its report which will be submitted tomorrow, 12th November 2015."
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