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    "id": 838815,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/838815/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13449,
        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": "As alluded by Hon. Nyikal, the issue of human resource is challenging. We have to see how to harmonise the cadres. Clinical officers would like to remain clinical officers regardless of their qualifications. Even if they become professors, they prefer to remain clinical officers. However, we felt that even if they remain clinical officers, they should have some rights in operation procedures, which are currently reserved to doctors. So, a lot needs to be done in that area. We looked into human resource issues from the village unit to tiers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. We redefined and looked into the responsibilities of personnel in the various cadres. We realised that most pharmaceutical inspectors were police officers with limited training in pharmaceutical products. As you know, production has become so complex. So, we recommended that these be under the Pharmacy and Poisons Board. They should be employed directly and retrained. We set out the qualifications they should have. This is a very important component because right now, many Kenyans are exposed to drugs whose quality we cannot ascertain. There are so many drugs out there. We do not have competent inspectors. They are also very few in the country. Pharmacies and chemists are sprawled across the country. The number of inspectors that we have cannot cope. We hope this law will be looked into carefully."
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