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    "id": 1081729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "I have been imagining that we have very practical examples in our constituencies in matters relating to blood. There are cases where our voters come to the office and tell us that they have a patient at the Kenyatta National Hospital and blood is required. They mobilise members of their clan and friends who come all the way to Kenyatta National Hospital, blood is taken, but some are told that they are very weak to donate blood when they have spent money to come to Nairobi. These are the issues which affect our people. Cancer patients sometimes also go through very hard times when they go through chemotherapy. These are the matters we are talking about. Anytime a patient is to go for a surgery, at times doctors say that the patient does not have enough blood. If you look at our history as a country, it is very rich. I remember when we were in secondary school, we would be expected to donate blood. People from the Ministry of Health would give us a soft drink called Fanta and a slice of bread, and then we would donate blood. In those early days, there was always blood in our hospitals. Anytime you were sick, you would get treated and if there was need to replace blood that has been given to you, your people would come later to donate just for purposes of replacing what was used. This is what I call serious planning. I do not think it is an expensive exercise, on a serious note. If you look at the kind of money we appropriate as a House, the budget for this important national activity will be minimal. It can easily be accommodated so that our people are assured that when they get sick, they will get blood."
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