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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "was thinking of doing many things. We tried to talk to her as Members of Parliament from Meru but we did not go very far until, at last and I thank God, KNH did the operation which was successful. We need occupational therapists where we have a problem of drug abuse in school and in rehabilitation centres. We need them to come in because, when you ask a drug addict to leave drugs, there are withdrawal symptoms – there is depression. So who comes in? The parents or the other professionals in medical institutions probably do not know how to handle it. That is how the occupational therapists come in because they will be trained and be knowledgeable in the field. We will be very far with these professionals. We lack many medical personnel in this country. This is whether we are talking about doctors or nurses. This is because we do not give them proper remuneration. These professionals are moving to other countries when we need them here. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we now need to streamline the whole health sector. Once we pay them and, I believe from what we are hearing, the Government has released the money for the doctors--- I urge county governments that have not paid doctors for the 100 days they were on strike to pay them now because we cannot afford another strike in this country. This is not the time for strikes because we do not want to lose lives. So, this is a very timely Bill. I urge my colleagues, even if they are doing their campaigns--- Many of my colleagues and I are campaigning to be re-elected to Parliament on 8th August, 2017. We need to work together whether we are in the Jubilee Coalition, the NASA Coalition or independents candidates to finish the work which we started. To Hon. Sang, I wish him the best. This is because we want more of his Bills. I would like to tell the people of Bureti: “Do not let us down because we need Hon. Sang in this Parliament to bring more Bills.” The last aspect is regarding the Council of the Occupational Therapist. It is very important because, that way, we will differentiate quacks from professionals. Many at times, there are people who call themselves therapists, occupational therapists or medical personnel like the other one did the other day. He was calling himself a medical doctor but he was not trained even as a nurse. We need people who are licensed so that we are sure that these are the people who are going to be offering us services. With those few remarks, I thank you. I would like the Hon. Members who have won the nominations and independent candidates to be re-elected. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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