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    "id": 1059435,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for bringing this Statement that is globally marked as cerebral awareness month. We should note that the cases of cerebral palsy are rising. It is surprising that they are rising when we have free maternity care in our hospitals, which are encouraging proper antenatal care for our pregnant mothers. It means that there is a gap somewhere in the implementation of this free maternal assistance to mothers because they are not there to encourage proper antenatal care. The Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve says that most of these cases, if they are not hereditary, they are caused by brain damage that occurs more than 28 days after birth. This means that during birth something occurs that was not foreseen because the mother has not been attending antenatal care as is expected. It is also possible because that that pregnancy was not healthy. Mine is to urge those responsible for implementing free maternal care that is part of the Jubilee agenda for this country that they implement it fully, to start from antenatal to birth all the way. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Speaker had promised earlier that we could also congratulate Sen. Kavindu Muthama when we rise up to speak on any issue. Therefore, I would like to congratulate Sen. Kavindu Muthama for her election, kavaa mama. I would also like to congratulate the former Vice-President, hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka for ensuring that she was given the party ticket. I thank the former Vice-President for mobilising his fellow leaders, Sen. Wetangula, the ANC leader hon. Mudavadi and KANU leader Sen. Gideon Moi, in making sure that we got this seat. It should not go unmentioned. I urge other political parties to ensure that in their strongholds, they give women the nomination certificates. The election of Sen. Kavindu Muthama has proved that if you give a woman a nomination certificate in your stronghold, as a party you are almost 85 per cent assured of getting that seat. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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