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    "id": 725297,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "trends. As my brother Kibunguchy says, 20 or 30 years ago, HIV/AIDS was not a major challenge. It is now a key challenge. New and more complicated health challenges continue to emerge every so often. So, you want to ensure that training of medical officers is in tandem or is in sync with these new developments. Registration and licensing is a key area. There are way too many quacks masquerading as clinicians and doctors in this country. We have had a fair share of incidences where lives have been put at risk. A case has been mentioned by a Member here a few minutes ago of a group of 27 young people, in my home county of Busia from a little village called Akichelesit in the Teso region of Busia County. The 27 young people have been paralysed to date because of some mysterious injection administered by people that masqueraded as clinicians, medical officers or practitioners. It has completely ruined the lives of these people forever. We have seen clinics operated by persons who have absolutely no training. They should not be anywhere near even a simple thing like a syringe let alone more complicated medical procedures. It is important that this law streamlines the whole issue of registration and licensing. As we move to harmonise such areas of healthcare, may we also be bold enough. I want to hope that a great majority of Members of this House, the 11th Parliament, will make it back to this House after 8th August, 2017 as Members of the 12th House. Among the issues we must confront head on when we return to this House in September is to revisit the whole framework of healthcare as a devolved function. We have to revisit this matter legislatively. We have to revisit this matter structurally and, we have to revisit this matter even constitutionally. The manner in which we have devolved this sector has completely ruined the quality, standard and framework of healthcare in this country. It is a matter on which we have to take responsibility as legislators and find a way of streamlining that area. Otherwise, I wish the medical doctors well. I just wanted to send a message of good will to the medical practitioners, especially their leaders. May we see some white smoke sooner rather than later. May we see resolution to this stalemate that has been with us for way too long so that we can get back to normalcy; so that our health services can go back to normal and doctors can pay attention to the crucial responsibility of saving lives. I support."
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