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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "them to learn to cope with life generally. So, it is a very serious Bill. It is a serious Bill in the sense that this cadre of health workers is very instrumental in managing people’s wellbeing. I am also cognizant of the fact that there is a Health Bill which is coming before this House. Of course, it is already before the House; it is coming into life very soon. It will, of course, address all these issues. But all said and done, there is a need, in my view to have something for health workers. I have been arguing all along that even though the framers of the Constitution gave us a certain preference to specific cadres of workers by creating commissions specifically charged with the responsibility of addressing their welfare and professional well being, health workers were left out. I have in mind the teachers who were able to fight for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to be entrenched in the Constitution. I also have in mind the public service workers – the civil servants who have the Public Service Commission in the Constitution. We also have the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) which is taking care of workers in Parliament. Indeed, they are very few. There is very serious need to change the Constitution and we have committed ourselves to doing it when we take over the reins of power come August. We shall review the Constitution and make it more applicable to the needs of the people. We shall also review the Constitution and make it more democratic. One thing that we must do when we do that review is to create a Public Health Workers Commission or Public Health Service Commission to take care of the interests and welfare of all health workers in the country. We have witnessed a lot of problems in the recent past with health workers going on endless strikes. Sometimes, you wonder who to go to. Do you go to the county governments or the national Government? There is total confusion. I believe that confusion can be minimised or eradicated completely once we create such a commission to take care of the welfare of all health workers in the country. The commission will take care of the health profession, terms and conditions of employment, recruitment and training."
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