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    "id": 722794,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mitaru",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Rwamba Mitaru",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. I support the Bill because in the Kenya of today, we, as parents of many children and as Members of the National Assembly, have seen how clinical officers have supported our young people, the elderly and the nation at large. They have helped maintain good health amongst our people. I am happy the Member of Parliament has brought up these issues. I want to support it because we have lost many people for lack of treatment. I have been to my county where private clinics and hospitals are overcrowded because our doctors are on strike. I have been wondering whether we made a mistake to devolve certain services, especially health services. Clinical officers have continued to offer services in every place in this nation. It is not just the clinical officers who should be supported this way, but also the nurses and all the people who are interested in learning about health issues in our nation. I know many doctors are wondering why for more than three months, we have not sat down, as a nation, to listen to them and to one another, so that we can help our people. I feel very sad when I see mothers crying because they do not have money to go to private hospitals. Those who can afford the cost of private clinics feel bad when they go there only to find very many people. In fact, there are situations where more than three patients are sharing a bed in private hospitals because clinicians are not able to help the way doctors would. Even as clinicians are trained, they should learn more so that they can act in place of doctors. They should be able to operate on patients as well as nurses. They should help Kenyans through the Ministry of Health and this will create a healthy nation. I want to support the Bill with all my heart and ask the Members to pass it, so that we can come up with a law that will help, not just clinicians, but also the people of this nation."
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