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    "id": 1146640,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "purpose of provision of healthcare. They agreed that 15 per cent of the national revenue should go to health. If the money that goes to provision of healthcare is well utilized, we will protect some Kenyans who die because of lack of emergency treatment. There is also need to ensure that emergency sections have adequate personnel. Training of health personnel should be a priority because we are bound by our Constitution. When you look at Article 43(1), it states clearly that health is a human right. All Kenyans have a right to the highest attainable standards of health. The highest attainable standards of health entails emergency cases being given the attention they deserve. When a woman is going to a labour ward but she unable to reach before giving birth, an ambulance should be send with paramedics to ensure that mother and baby’s lives are protected. There is need to ensure that emergency units are managed appropriately. There should be a provision on how things should be done during emergency cases. Someone should be answerable when things are not working in an emergency wing. When it is established that there was negligence that led to death, somebody should be accountable. It should not only be about death. We also need answers when a situation becomes worse in an emergency room. For example, when a patient is taken to the emergency section, people should be told the progress and whether they were doing well or bad thereafter. There should be a way of ensuring that emergency cases are accounted for. Even though Prof. Ken Walibora died, it should be an eye opener. There should be a way of investigating emergency units. Money should also be set aside for emergency units. When money is set aside by the national Government, the Auditor-General should carry an audit to ensure that the equipment in the emergency units is adequate and appropriate and everything is working well. We have a duty to protect Kenyans. We know well that people are productive when they are healthy. Everyone should be in good health so that they are productive. That way, our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will go up, which is a good thing for every citizen in this Republic. As I support the report by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, I hope that there will be intensive follow-up, so that we avert situations that need to be averted in order to protect Kenyans. It is a mandatory requirement that everyone has a right to health or everyone should have a clean bill of health. That is possible and doable if we are serious. In as much as health is a devolved function, we need to ensure that emergency services are available in the counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just say it here. It is a sad affair because sometimes when you go to the counties, you find people helpless. When they go to the hospital, sometimes medicine is not there, equipment is faulty and things are not happening right, yet a lot of money goes to the counties for provision of healthcare. There is need to interrogate and intervene, so that we ensure that the well-being of all Kenyans is accounted for. Everyone should be in good health because it is a constitutional requirement under Article 43(1) of our Constitution. I support this report and thank you."
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