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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "on an annual basis. If someone is not in that list in the Kenya Gazette, it means that person is not a registered clinical officer. So, it is going to be very easy for Kenyans to know the people they are dealing with. I want to conclude by talking about the health sector in Kenya, even a bit beyond the clinical officers. We all know that Kenya’s health sector is in a crisis. Our doctors are on strike. Recently, our nurses were on strike. There is a threat by people working in the morgues to go on strike. It is something that we really need to deal with. It is so unfortunate that, so many days after the strike started, the Government seems to be asleep. We are all aware that the CS and PS are constantly squabbling about who is to blame for that situation. We need to stop pointing fingers at each other and soberly approach this issue. Our men, youth, children and the old people are dying on a daily basis. There are so many people who are dying in this country today because there is no healthcare completely. It is also extremely expensive for us politicians because the only hospitals that are now functioning are the private ones. You cannot sit and watch your people die. Most times, we are forced to support them without going to Harambees because that is against the law. But no one stops you from supporting a family member or a neighbour. That is what is happening. It is unfortunate. It is a nasty situation. The Jubilee administration needs to put its feet down and put a stop to this. We are heading to elections and I do not want to wait and see that a day before the elections, the doctors are paid and, so many months before the elections, people are still dying. I know Kenyans have a short memory. I want to remind them that it is now almost three months since the strike began. Something needs to be done about it. We need to stop blaming each other. The House has a Committee on Health. I am a member of that Committee. It is also unfortunate to say that numerous scandals have happened in this country, especially in the health sector. We had the ‘Mafia House Scandal’ about containers that were bought and brought to this country. They were costing Kshs1 billion when, in actual fact, we know that they could not have cost 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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