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    "id": 722843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/722843/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We all aspire to serve Kenyans regardless of our political party affiliations. It is in the interest of Kenya that we have as many Members in Parliament as possible, so that we can contribute to this wonderful and very important Bill. I support this Bill because I believe in it. It is only fair and reasonable that, that which cannot be measured cannot be rewarded. The only way we will reward clinical officers is by setting up standards which will regulate the way they operate; ensure that they get quality education; and they get the kind of licences that they require. That way, we will avoid unmitigated challenges of having people pretending to be professionals and yet, they are not qualified to handle sensitive human life. As you are aware, most of us as Members of Parliament have gone out of our way to set up clinical centres using the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, in areas we think are strategic in terms of taking into account the population and the distance between one health centre to the next, so that we can address issues of medical services. Health is a basic requirement. All of us need it. Unfortunately, our people back home cannot access good quality healthcare. That is because in most cases, the health centres are not equipped; do not have the medicine or qualified people to run them and that makes it very difficult for the ordinary"
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