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    "id": 719189,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I support this Petition by the doctors of Kenya. I want my colleagues to know that this Petition has been brought here in good faith. The Petition is praying for us to look at ways of how we can stop the brain drain. After being trained, we lose about 2,500 doctors to other countries and the current number of doctors within the county is about 5,000. Other prayers which they pray to this House are matters of legislation, which are within the ambit of this House. Currently, the health sector is under both the national Government and county governments and I think that is the basics which everybody needs to understand. When we talk of doctors within the national Government, we are talking of doctors within Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and other areas. All these national referral facilities have their own boards and those boards govern what happens within. We also have doctors who work within the county governments for which the Council of Governors takes responsibility. You have a CBA which was negotiated by the Government during the last elections and the Government is supposed to implement it. This transcends both the national Government and the county levels and it will be important for this House to give guidance on how those issues can be resolved. However, of more importance is that, as we discuss these issues, doctors outside there must look for ways of how to return to work and resolve the issue that is affecting Kenyans. That is because when Kenyans are sick, they go to hospitals and there is no treatment because our doctors are on the streets. I think it is something we should look at. As much as we want to look at the Petition, doctors must also look for ways of how the issue can be resolved. They should go back to work so that those issues can be canvassed and resolved. I thank the Head of State for giving them an audience. The President of this country gave the doctors audience two times in State House for them to discuss those things. To me, the Head of State is interested in resolving this issue. The issue now is how those who work for him like the Cabinet Secretaries and the other officers can assist the Head of State to mitigate those issues so that the strike can be resolved. I think it is up to us as the Legislature to also live up to the expectations of both the public and our doctors. 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."
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