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    "id": 682919,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kedogo",
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        "legal_name": "Dorcas Luvalitsa Kedogo",
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    "content": "If you look at qualified persons and the set qualifications, you will find that some practitioners are lacking. I remember there is a lady in my county who went to see a dentist who removed nine teeth at once. This is the case and yet it was just a tooth that had a problem. I think this happened because this doctor was not qualified. The Bill talks about qualified and registered persons. It also talks about the board working in consultation with approved institutions. Sometimes, people wake up in the morning and just put up institutions saying they are training doctors, nurses and teachers and yet they are not approved. Since the Bill says that the board will work in conjunction with the approved institutions, it is good we know it will work with people who have passed examinations and have registered. There will be a body that will see if they are doing the right things. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, they can also be sued or sue persons who will be holding those positions if they will not be qualified or if they will not do the right things. If they mess up with people or the machines that will be there, they will be sued. That is good. Sometimes, you may find people messing up with lives of others and nobody talks about them or sues them; you cannot take them anywhere. If a person is found in possession of a fake certificate or registration, the person will pay a fine of Kshs30,000. The clause that addresses this is also in order. To wind up, a person shall not engage in private practice while being employed in public hospitals. Sometimes people operate their own clinics and yet they are employed in public hospitals. You might find machines disappearing from public hospitals to private hospitals the same way you find medicine and drugs being stolen from public institutions and being taken to private hospitals. I know they will be fired if they are found doing that. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. Thank you."
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