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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I do appreciate what the President said about supply of equipment to hospitals in this country. As a medical doctor, this equipment is useful irrespective of how they got into the hospitals. This equipment is very useful for it is used for initial diagnosis of the biggest problem that this country is facing in terms of health such as cancer which is ravaging our population. It does not matter whether it is malignant or benign. I am concerned that the industrial action that was taken by the personnel at the Ministry of Health took far too long to be resolved. This should never happen again. I want to urge the governors who handle the devolved function of health to take care of their full mandate. It is their responsibility to deal with the personnel, handle them, give them the necessary incentives, negotiate with them, talk to them, train them and make sure that they deliver services to the country without necessarily taking an industrial action. I know that this is possible. We know the usefulness of saving lives in this country and these are the personnel who are going to help us. It is also important to remind the governors for I know that a lot of them think that anybody in a white coat walking around in the corridors of a hospital is a doctor. This is not true. It is very important for us to start to invest in specialist personnel who can offer the services at the highest level possible, using the equipment that has been given to hospitals. Training is one of the key things that the governors should focus on in conjunction with the Ministry of Devolution. This is the only way they can do capacity building for their personnel in this country. They should recognize that there are personnel in this country who can do these things for us. All they require is support in terms of training, incentives and a good working environment. In his speech, the President, highlighted what his Government has achieved in the last four years that it has been in existence. Some of the things are visible. In my county, we are not talking about constructing a tarmac road. This is because we already have a total of 76 kilometres of tarmacked road which was done a year ago. I am sure projects like this will be done in many counties. The process of procuring for a road construction is not a one day event. It is a long process. This Government has been doing so and sooner rather than later, many roads will be constructed across the country. There are many roads which have been done by this Government. We should give credit where it is due. This is one of the areas where we should give credit to this Government. With those few remarks, I support the Motion because the President gave a commendable speech to the nation."
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