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    "id": 682881,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/682881/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rop",
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        "legal_name": "Jackson Kipkorir Rop",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. The objects of the Bill are to make a law or a framework of training, registration and licensing of Biomedical Engineering professionals. The Bill further seeks to regulate the practice of Biomedical Engineering and provide for the establishment of powers and functions of the Biomedical Engineering Board. Currently, hospitals in Kenya have been highly equipped. The Jubilee Government has bought many sophisticated machines that are in our respective counties. We require people of higher caliber in terms of training to maintain and run the machines in these facilities. We have so many machines in terms of X-rays, cancer, dialysis and scanners and officers manning these machines must be highly trained. These are medical officers who fall within the Ministry, but are not recognised anywhere. As such, most of the time we have issues of failure of machines because the officers are not well taken care of. I believe the enactment of this Bill will go a long way in ensuring that there is smooth operation of these officers in their respective medical facilities, so that they provide quality service to Kenyans. Part II establishes the Biomedical Engineers Board that requires one to be an expert in this area so that as he is sitting there as the chair of the board, he will be conversant with engineering knowledge that appertains to this Bill. The Bill also provides for a registrar of the board who will be the CEO of the institution. The CEO must also be a registered Biomedical Engineering professional and at least have a Higher Diploma in Biomedical Engineering from any recognised institution. That will go a long way in ensuring the board operates efficiently and effectively. Part III of the Bill talks about training and registration of Biomedical Engineers, which is an essential part without which we cannot have a board. This training will go a long way in producing engineers to run our facilities. I have also seen the area of private practice in Part IV of the Bill. Persons who want to engage in private practice must be of that profession. They must have had training in Engineering and be registered. It also provides that persons who want to engage in private"
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