A High Court Lawyer has urged the Nakuru County Assembly to look keenly on the Nakuru County Maternal, New Born and Child Health Bill 2014 before passing it so as to amend some of the clauses that might contravene the constitution.
Addressing media in Nakuru on Thursday, advocate Tabitha Griffith commended Nakuru county for coming up with such a bill but warned members of the county assembly against passing the bill before considering amendment to some of the clauses.
“This is a progressive Bill and one of its kind and I must thank the county for coming up with such a bill. However, there must be caution to the members of the County Assembly not to contravene the constitution as well as create a barrier to health services delivery,” she said.
“The bill the way it is has some barriers to health service delivery as in the case of who should sign consent forms by CeC Health in the county as well as that of those seeking abortion services. So the clauses should be amended,” she said.
On his part, Director Health Department in Nakuru Dr. Benedict Osore said they will ensure matters health get priority within the county.
“Health being a devolved function, we realized that there are some legislation at the National level that are yet to be introduced at the county. Therefore this bill is paramount in addressing the key issues of maternal Health as well as youth access to health services,” said Dr.Osore.