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    "id": 829907,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I was just trying to make my senior understand that what he was proposing was deletion and we have already deleted and replaced with a new amendment. It now conforms to the original Act. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended – (m) by deleting the proposed amendments to section 17 and substituting therefor the following new proposed amendments— s. 17 Delete and substitute therefor the following new section: Private practice. 17. (1) A person may engage in private practice as a nurse or a midwife if that person is— (a) a citizen of Kenya or a foreign national; (b) registered and licensed to practice in Kenya; (c) a holder of a valid practicing license issued under this Act; (d) of professional good standing, as may be prescribed by the Council; (e) has paid the fee as prescribed by the Council; (f) meets such other requirements as may be prescribed by the Council; and (g) a holder of such other nursing or midwifery qualification as may be prescribed. (2) A person is not qualified to operate a clinic in community nursing or midwifery services as a private practitioner unless such person has at least three years post qualification experience in community nursing or midwifery and is in active practice in Kenya. (3) Despite the provisions of sub sections (1) and (2), a person is not qualified to operate a nursing home, maternity home or a nursing and maternity home as a private practitioner unless such person has been in active practice for at least five years in Kenya. (4) If a license is due for renewal and the licensee has not made an application within the thirty days from the date of expiry, the licensee shall not engage in private practice until a renewal license is issued. (5) An application to engage in private practice or renewal shall be made to the Council in the prescribed form, accompanied with the prescribed fee. (6) A person who has made an application to engage in private practice shall be issued with such license by the Council upon satisfying such requirements for issuance with a licence under this Act. (7) A practising certificate shall be valid from the date on which it is issued and shall expire on the thirtieth day of December of every year unless its holder ceases to be a registered person under this Act. (8) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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