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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Janet and the Public Petitions Committee for the opportunity they accorded me and the petitioners. The cries from the gate emanate from our medical doctor interns demonstrating in the street. I want to inform the members that the Ministry of Health assured me in the morning that they already have letters posting intern doctors to various hospitals. They just need to pick their letters. Their Petition is already in the House, and it is being prosecuted. The money meant for the registrars has already been sent to the various universities. Those are the two national issues the Ministry should deal with. The other issues that pertain to the CBA's agreement and fulfillment are supposed to be dealt with by the various counties. The Departmental Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on Health had scheduled a meeting tomorrow. Unfortunately, tomorrow is a public holiday for our Muslim brothers who were fasting. They will be breaking their fast. We have rescheduled the meeting to Tuesday next week. We need to get briefings from the Ministry of Health, National Treasury, SRC, and the Ministry of Education on the progress made in fulfilling part of the Petition. We want to encourage the Public Petitions Committee to move forward and come up with various recommendations. When people come to picket at the Parliament's Gate, they usually want to hand over a petition, but this is not the case now. As we speak, they have already given their Petition to the Public Petitions Committee, which I prosecuted in this House. They do not have any other petitions to hand over. All the petitions are being prosecuted by the Committee led by Hon. Janet Sitienei, and we are happy with the progress. I urge our doctors to go to the Ministry of Health to collect their posting letters and report to their various stations. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I thank you."
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi. Are you on a point of order, or do you want to make…"
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"content": "Use a microphone."
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"speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I was saying that a few minutes ago, I faced serious challenges and difficulties accessing Parliament. The gate facing County Hall is blockaded by multitudes of doctors clad in lab coats and other attires. I have listened to the Chairman of the Committee, my very good friend, Hon. Pukose. We have a problem at hand. First and foremost, as Parliament, we need to address that blockade because it will likely cause problems. Secondly, given how we treat this issue of doctors, it is not likely to go away. More than any other institution, this House has a cardinal duty to rise to the occasion where everything else fails. This House must address the issue head-on, regardless of who is on the wrong and who is on the right. We are almost in the fourth week, and there are no signs of this strike abating. The statements that we are receiving here are not adding to anything. Something needs to be done. I heard the President saying that the Government is broke and, therefore, cannot pay and will not pay. He also advised that Kenyans, including doctors, must now start to live within their means. Fair enough. As we say so, what are we doing to ensure that these doctors The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "leave the streets? They have now come actually to blockade Parliament. You do not know what will happen next. I hear that other Kenyans are planning to join them. That is not an idle threat. Other Kenyans are now planning to join the doctors on the streets. Unless something happens and we persuade the doctors to leave the streets and go back to the hospitals, these statements will remain statements. I was talking to my friend, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, a veteran medical doctor. I am even surprised that those in charge of the Ministry of Health cannot differentiate between medical students and intern doctors. I am a layman when it comes to health issues, but I have been advised that intern doctors are not just students. They are people who have done six years in university and have graduated."
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"content": "As you know, doctors do not just graduate with one degree. They graduate with a degree in Medicine and Surgery, a twin degree they get after six hard years on campus. You cannot just treat them like other ordinary interns that we see in the job market here. I suppose that unless something is done…"
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