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    "id": 725263,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1309,
        "legal_name": "Leonard Kipkosgei Sang",
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    "content": "in West Africa, Kenya sent a medical team, most of whom were clinical officers. They played an important role in the control. The outbreak of Avian Flu in Uganda as a result of migratory birds from Europe is a latter disease outbreak and clinical officers, being the first technical persons to come into contact with such clients, are being sensitised on detection and management. Non-communicable diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure are also on the increase and require early detection and management at the primary level. Therefore, limiting diseases that clinical officers can manage is unconstitutional and also compromises the health of Kenyans. Doctors with specialties ensure that clinical officers are well mentored during internship before signing them off for registration by COC. After registration, one is required to apply for a licence from COC, which allows them to practise clinical medicine. This Bill summarises who clinical officers are, going by their training. This Bill seeks to create the Clinical Officers Council, although there is one already in existence. But we are repealing so that it conforms to the Protocol. We have the guidelines on the nomination of the people to that council. I do not want to belabour on that because it is self-explanatory. The council is supposed to undertake a number of functions. Among them is to advise the Government on policy matters relating to clinical medicine practice. They are also supposed to prescribe the minimum entry requirement for persons wishing to train as clinical officers, to approve institutions other than those established or accredited under the Universities Act 2012 for training of clinical officers, to register and license clinical officers for the purpose of this Act, to promote development and adoption of codes of practice to regulate the professional conduct and ensure maintenance and improvement of standards of practice of clinical medicine to collaborate with other professional associations and other relevant bodies in furtherance of the functions of the clinical council. This particular Bill also prescribes the powers of the council so that it cannot go overboard and states what they are supposed to do. One of its powers is to control, supervise and administer the assets of the council in such a manner that best promotes the efficient, effective and ethical use of such assets."
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