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    "id": 1036950,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I support Sen. Iman’s Statement. It is really distressful to hear or get to know that a person who is alive is freighted to a mortuary with an inscription that he is dead. However, perhaps because the hospital does not have equipment to tell whether someone is alive or dead, this is part of the problem of the medical profession in this country. Have the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) as a body that registers, regulates and disciplines medical personnel done anything about the person who did this? The Committee on Health should tell us when they bring the report. More importantly, health is devolved. Our governors are very loud when complaining about money but silent when issues such as these arise. Hospitals all over the country are in a pathetic state. They go out there telling the public how many Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds they have but when you go there, there is none. The Committee of Health is urged to do more than they are doing. We want to see the Committee on Health touring some of the outpost hospitals to see exactly what is going on. They should see whether the personnel are working and motivated or not. On the intended strike, I urge the national Government that as they grapple with policy, they should do much more than policy. They should come together urgently with the Committee on Health in the House, the Council of Governors arm that deals with health issues and KMPDU and strike some compromise. Doctors work so hard under difficult conditions; they are the least appreciated public workers and we need to appreciate and motivate them."
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