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    "id": 673031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 33(b), the Senate resolves to meet on Thursday, 14th July, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a straightforward Motion, since as a House we have pending Bills which have constitutional deadlines. They have been pending in our House for long. Gladly, today, we did tremendous work to ensure that we dispose most of those Bills. There are many other pending Bills like The Forest Conservation and Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 49 of 2015), The Health Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 14 of 2105), The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expression Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 48 of 2015), the Energy Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 50 of 2015), The Access to Information Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 36 of 2015), The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2015) and The Seeds and Plants Varieties(Amendment) Bill( National Assembly Bill No. 43 of 2015). All these Bills are supposed to bring into effect the new Constitution and their deadline has been extended severally. The most important thing about these Bills is the role of this House, which is to bring the county governments into play when it comes to questions that relate to matters like energy, protection of the environment, petroleum, fisheries management and development, and; forest conservation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to speak to the Health Bill (National Bill No.14 of 2015) to emphasize that the Health Bill has been pending for a long time. The Bill is very critical because the health sector is one of the devolved functions under our Constitution. This is a very important social function and very critical to the well- being of the country, yet, we have no enabling legal framework that can define the relationship between the national and county governments, that deal with the definition of a referral hospital, the expectation of the graduation of a hospital from county to national referral and the mobility of staff from one county to another. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale will agree with me that the greatest disadvantage that health staff go through is the fact that we have segmented the counties into 47 public services. Mobility, for example, from Kakamega to Uasin Gishu County has become very difficult. It is our responsibility to provide uniform norms and standards of practice that will today make it possible for a young man working in Mandera to transfer to work in Nairobi under the terms that are provided for in law that are uniform. These terms should protect their pension and jobs. This sector affects women a lot. Young ladies who are employed and working in different places and get married should be able to swap to another county. Since this is not possible because there is no enabling legal framework, most of our health staff have felt disenfranchised. 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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