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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I thank the Engineer for coming up with is very necessary Motion, may I acknowledge that today, we have traditional medical practices, herbal medicine and science in general that form artefacts of our culture, which are rapidly getting extinct. They are getting extinct because they have been wrongly condemned over the years and, today, they risk becoming completely extinct. As I say this, I take comfort in the knowledge that majority of us, Members of this House, and Kenyans in general have, either directly or indirectly, been beneficiaries of herbal medicine practice in more ways than one. I know that over 80 per cent of children who are born are usually attended to by traditional birth attendants. Not many people know that, of all the children who are born in this country, only 20 per cent go through hospitals. So, those traditional birth attendants who base the practice of their knowledge on herbal medicine would benefit from this particular law. I also know that over 70 per cent of Kenyans are circumcised. Circumcision is done by traditional circumcisers, especially in the Luhya community. Those are very renowned surgeons who actually use herbal medicine to cure those wounds during the post-surgery care. I also know that almost one per cent of Kenyans have undergone traditional removal of teeth for purposes of cultural rites and so on."
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