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    "id": 722806,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "we do not have control in the education sector, then we are going to be releasing graduates from the universities that do not have the necessary qualifications. So, that Council is going to prescribe minimum requirements. They will be able to say: “This is the least required grades that someone should acquire in certain specific subjects for them to train as clinical officers.” This basically means that the future of the profession will be guided very well. We are going to have the right people trained and graduate from universities or colleges. They are also going to approve institutions other than those accredited under the Universities Act, 2012. There are also other institutions that can provide training for clinical officers. So, the council is going to be involved in approving those institutions. That means the clinical officers are in charge of their destiny. They will be in charge of the kind of institutions that will carry out functions that are related to clinical medicine. They are going to establish, approve and accredit programmes for continuing professional education. Generally, all that has to do with training, registration and licensing. There is one very important thing that I have noted here. They are proposing to publish names of all registered clinical officers in the Kenya Gazette annually. This is going to help us ensure that we deal with the quacks out there who are providing healthcare, but do not have the necessary certification. I remember one in some place in town. I do not want to mention his name. But he is a very incredible doctor who was doing incredible things that we all saw in the social media. Those are the kinds of people that need to be gotten out of the industry. So, clinical officers now will control the people who are going to carry out clinical medicine. Therefore, they are going to ensure that the names of those who are registered with them are published in the"
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