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    "id": 722784,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Regarding private practice, I totally accept and support the provision that clinical officers need to be licensed to do private practice. I am in the Committee on Implementation and one day we visited Wajir County following a Petition which was brought before this House. Most doctors have refused to go to remote areas like Wajir. They claim that they are not paid well and that places like Wajir are remote. Most doctors would prefer giving their services in urban areas. Clinical officers will address that issue by working where doctors have refused to work. We are finding it very difficult in the counties because our people cannot afford medical services from specialised doctors. I am not saying that clinical officers will carry out operations, but they will be there to give first hand treatment and consultation before a patient is referred elsewhere. It is important for us to have in place a discipline mechanism for registered clinical officers. There is going to be a disciplinary committee that is going to oversee disciplinary issues, so that a clinical officer performs his or her duty within the professional norms and standards that have been set by this Bill. It is important that such a disciplinary committee be given powers just like the other committees."
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