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    "id": 719163,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719163/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.225, I hereby convey a Petition, signed by Dr. Ouma Oluga, the National Secretary of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KPPMD), regarding the ongoing doctors’ strike. Hon. Members, the Petitioners are concerned that even though healthcare is a constitutional right enshrined under Article 43(1)(a) of the Constitution, which entitles every person to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to healthcare services, the ongoing strike has left all public health facilities and medical training schools to remain functionally closed for close to two months now. The Petitioners are positing that the public health sector has experienced perennial industrial unrests over the past four years with the current nationwide industrial action totally paralyzing the sector. The Petitioners are concerned that both levels of government have consistently refused to acknowledge the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) entered into between the doctors’ union and the Government in 2013. Additionally, both levels of government have allegedly done little to address the CBA. This is despite numerous amicable avenues pursued by their union to address the matter without resorting to industrial action. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}