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    "id": 722777,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njenga",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kigo Njenga",
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    "content": "involvement, we will not have briefcase clinical officers. We will have clinical officers who have minimum education qualifications. If in my accounting profession we had another level that has a prescribed minimum qualification, we would not be where we are. I also looked at the code of ethics being proposed and the etiquette. We are getting there. More importantly, is inspection. Some of our clinics are in horrible states. However, I can see a provision for inspection of such facilities. Other professions should follow this. I have seen the issue of gazettement of clinical officers every year. This is information that we have been lacking. With this, you know where you are going. What we need to do in our country is streamline what is known. Already, we know that there are clinical officers and nurses. We need to streamline this by an inclusive process which is being provided by this proposed Bill. I do not want to talk much about this. My brother is a clinical officer and I have seen what he has done to people inside and outside this country. I also remember the issue of physicians’ assistants in the United States of America (USA). These are equivalent to clinical officers here in terms of the work they do, the law and how they access and help their people. Time has come for us to emphasise the importance of clinical officers, control their practice and ensure that they give the expected output. The population of this country is growing. We might not achieve the expected level of doctors in our country, but with the assistance of clinical officers, I am very sure we will access the services that we need. I, therefore, support the Bill."
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