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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "content": "constituency’s NG-CDF, Endebess; handed over six health facilities to my Governor, Mr. Patrick Khaemba. I handed him Engekha dispensary in Khalwenge, Matumbei, Nyogoikwana, Cheptargai Kayos and Twika dispensaries. He accepted to employ clinical officers, nurses and laboratory technicians, and supply those facilities with medicines to enable people to access healthcare from the facilities. He had promised the communities that the facilities would be functional by September, 2015 but, up to date, those facilities are not functional. Such are matters that disappoint the communities. Now that doctors, nurses and clinical officers are on strike, the common man is suffering. I hope those facilities will be taken care of. The Jubilee administration has introduced free maternity services across the country. Unfortunately, certain parts of this country have not benefited from those services. On Saturday, I went to Tobo Kapsang in Chepkitale area of Mount Elgon. That is an area which is largely inhabited. You can imagine since 2004, Chepkitale Sub-location has not even had an assistant chief. Somebody called Arap Sangula has just volunteered to serve. Within that same area, there is not even a single dispensary. You wonder how ladies are supposed to access free maternity services in that area. The women within Kapsang and Tobo areas in Chepkitale have never witnessed anything like free maternity services. School classrooms are still being built using bamboo sticks. That is a serious problem. It shows that in this country, there are lots of inequalities. Those particular areas need to be looked into. They are areas which need to be supported. When people in other parts of the country are talking about free maternity service, the women in those areas cannot even access healthcare. There are no roads. There are no means of transport for women to access health facilities. The roads are very dilapidated. Those are areas which need the attention of both the county government and the national Government. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, back to the Bill, the Committee organised a retreat to discuss it. We are ready to table our Report in this House. I hope once we are through with the Second Reading, the House Business Committee (HBC) will prioritise it because we have completed writing our Report. We also have the amendments that we will move during the Committee of the whole House. Therefore, this Bill should be fast-tracked so that the clinical medicine practice in this country can be enhanced through the new law that we are enacting. The current Act was done in 1998. We are now in 2017. We need to have this Bill fast-tracked and enacted into law so that it can become operational as soon as possible. On Sunday, the clinical officers from my area, led by my friend, Mr. Mengich, asked me to ask Parliament to fast-track this Bill to enable them work in an environment that promotes their profession. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support this Bill and thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate."
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