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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "The Petitioners are further alleging that instead of pursuing collaborative measures to negotiate an agreeable return-to-work formula with them, both the national Government and county governments have resorted to intimidating doctors through courts and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and also resorted to judicial processes. The Petitioners are therefore praying that: (i) The National Assembly adds its voice in calling for the Government to negotiate with utmost good faith with the aim of ending the current stalemate so as to alleviate the suffering being visited upon the citizens; (ii) The National Assembly commences the legislative process towards the creation of a Health Services Authority (HSA) to address and standardize the human resources aspect of health challenges including deployment, training, discipline, remuneration, staffing, transfers, among others; (iii)The National Assembly commences the legislative process towards enacting laws to create a special grading structure for doctors considering the specialized function offered by doctors; (iv) The National Assembly participates in the realisation of allocation of 15 per cent of the country’s GDP to health through the annual budgetary cycles and adds its voice in the calling for the Government to honour the Doctors’ CBA of 2013; (v) The National Assembly commences the necessary legislative process towards releasing emoluments under the Doctors’ CBA of 2013 as conditional grants from the National Government to the counties specifically targeted to doctors; (vi) The National Assembly commences the legislative process towards enacting laws mandating 4-year reviews of health facility staffing, work conditions and doctors’ salaries with a view of increasing pay by not less than 70 per cent every year to achieve global benchmark rates; and, (vii) The National Assembly commences the legislative process towards amendment of the Medical Practitioners and Dentist Act (Chapter 253) and the National Hospital Insurance Act (Chapter 255) in consultation with relevant stakeholders. Hon. Members, the Petition stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Health for consideration. The Committee is required to consider the Petition and report its findings in accordance with the provision of Standing Order 227(2). Owing to the enormity of the matters raised in the Petition, the Committee is directed to expeditiously and extensively look into the issues therein and widely engage all stakeholders in the sector with a view to conclusively resolving the unease subsisting in the health sector. I thank you."
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