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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": ". The objective of the Mwongozo Code which was being spearheaded by Hon. Abdikadir was to look for a way of consolidating these parastatals which heavily rely on the Exchequer for purposes of sustainability. They went ahead to bring in just a small section of the code of conduct. To me, I find it opposite if we are going to align all these Acts with Mwongozo ; something which was not debated, was not passed by this Parliament but was just passed at State House. This is very wrong. As we move on, how do we move the Government Chemist from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government? This is an oversight. The matter is misplaced. When this issue comes at the right time, we need to amend it so that the Government Chemist goes back to the Ministry of Health. The Government Chemist is located at Kenyatta National Hospital. The core business of the Government Chemist is to ascertain quality, particularly of drugs or other things medical in nature. When you move it to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, it beats logic. That is why it is very critical that at the right time, such amendments should be put in place. I want to support the issue of the Director General. Initially we used to have Director, Medical Supplies. Dr. Nyikal was once Director, Medical Supplies. We are moving to the DG. We support this because it is in line with organisational management. When you look at theories of management in the chain of command, the DG comes in as the overall person on a Human Resource perspective. I support that. Dr. Nyikal talked so much about India. He said that people should not go to India. Why are people going to India? India has introduced medical tourism. A procedure which will be done in India costs Kshs 500,000 and in Nairobi Hospital it costs about Kshs 3 million. There is no way we can bring such a law in place. People are free to go where services are pocket- friendly. It is high time our medical practitioners went to India to benchmark. Hip-joint replacement and advanced level of technology is a problem in this country. It is a problem when it comes to simple diagnosis. I have seen many patients go for diagnosis when it comes to issues of cancer. They could be diagnosed at level one or two. When you get to India you realise that 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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