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    "id": 737143,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. I support it based on the fact that such services are very important. The Bill is important to human life. The problem is lack of information about what is to be provided for what, where and to whom. Sometimes there is fear that some of the services may be costly. This leaves our people in a very awkward situation. Sometimes people get ailments which can be cured through certain methods. However, because of what I have just said, they leave that and end up getting disabled or losing their lives because of unprofessional practice. It is, therefore, important that such information is brought to the attention of the public through these kinds of publications by Hon. Sang. I want to congratulate him for coming up with the Bill. There are very many reasons for passing this Bill and making these services available to our people, considering the fact that we have been operating under the national Government in a system where all health services had been centralised. With devolution in place, we expect the country to grow faster. There is the national Government and the 47 counties, which are also competing for growth. The counties cannot grow without such services. I see the need for occupational therapists. In fact, the services of occupational therapists will be needed more at the county level. They can be decentralised as much as possible even at the county level to take them closer to the people and make them more efficient. It is important for people in this cadre of profession to be properly trained, registered and licensed. This will eliminate the problems that emanate from lack of professionalism. Quacks always take advantage of the existing vacuum in those areas and purport to have the ability to offer such services even though they are not trained, and nobody will ever know that they are not trained. Training, licensing and registering such professionals will also help us weed out quacks who pretend to have the ability to provide those services when they do not. In the villages, there are quacks who inject people with undesirable substances they call medicine even though they are not trained or licensed to practise medicine and you cannot hold them to account. Therefore, the issue of registration and licensing is important. There should be stiff penalties for those who will be found practising without valid licences. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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