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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Ministry of Health has Kshs96 billion. What will they do with that money? Why should they keep that money? Counties send doctors for postgraduate training and pay their salary. When the doctors come back, they will want to be promoted, yet there is no money to do that. Something should be done. I am working on something, that when it comes to postgraduate training, the national Government should take care of doctors by paying for their training and salaries while undertaking it. When they qualify, they should send them to where they are required, and not just where they came from. Yesterday, we were in Laikipia County. I do not know whether we were told the truth while there. We were told that 35 doctors were sent for postgraduate training by the Laikipia County Government. However, if all of them were to go back to Laikipia after their training, I do not know whether the county has the capacity to absorb all of them. What will then happen? There is a lot of push and pull when it comes to this issue of health as a devolved function. Health is the most important devolved function, in my view. The Senate should make sure that instead of always saying this or that, they should try and support the counties when it comes to health, because this is our docket and it is what we are supposed to do."
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