{"id":807672,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807672/?format=json","text_counter":160,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"functions in the Fourth Schedule have been divided between two levels of government and must not be personalized to any individual. That is why this House must have a say in these policies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with utmost due respect to the President and the national Government and the Council of Governors, I hope that through the Statement of the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Sen. Khaniri, will do us a favour and summon the Cabinet Secretary in the national level; summon the Council of Governors including the Chair that is in charge of health so that they can shed light on what exactly this issue is about. Is it true that doctors from Cuba are being paid Kshs1 million? I do not believe it is true; because it is not possible. It is not possible that a group of doctors are paid Kshs1 million in the same hospital with the same qualifications with those who were trained here and schooled abroad. I know many doctors in Kenya who went to University of Nairobi and Masters abroad in the United Kingdom, USA, Australia and China and have similar, if not better qualifications than those who came from outside. I would never want to believe as a Senator in this House and the Majority Leader that it is possible that there are two sets of doctors in the same hospital with one being paid Kshs100,000 and the other Kshs1 million. I do not think that is possible and true. The only way we will be able to know the truth is if the Committee responsible for health---"}