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    "id": 1174471,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Health Bill, I have seen that most women suffer silently from postpartum depression. The women who suffer more are the ones who miscarry or have stillbirths. I am happy they quoted how other countries treat a woman who miscarries or has stillbirth. In those countries, such a woman is given the same rights as the woman who has a live birth because it is more of mental health. It is also because of the health of that woman. In as much as the Committee has given us an elaborate Report, I would have expected them to give us a proposal on legislative and policy intervention. I know this can be done in the next Senate but this would have become part of our legacy and exit reports. Madam Deputy Speaker, if you ask the Executive in the Ministry of Health what they are doing about women who miscarry or have stillbirths, they will tell you that they are waiting for Parliament to give direction on the proposal. I agree that the Executive can also give us a policy that needs to be legislated upon. However, they can also come up and say they need a proposal from Parliament. The report is elaborate and well captured although there are one or two things that are missing. Looking at the time that we have as Senate and Parliament it might not happen now but in future. Finally, Article 26 is very clear that life begins at conception. It means when that has happened; the fact that a woman has gotten pregnant either it is still birth, miscarriage or given birth to a live baby they should be treated and given the same treatment. In my own opinion it is just like women who carry the pregnancy to full term and deliver live babies be it bouncing baby boys or girls. Let us use this Constitution as a guide. The drafters of the Constitution saw it wise to say that life begins at conception. This has been an argument from many people both in precedents that have been in court and many others. I thank the Senate Deputy Minority Leader and the future and current Senator of Kilifi County. My brother, Sen. Madzayo, in future your Committee should give us a policy and a legislative direction based on Article 26. I thank the Committee for that elaborate report and the comparisons that they have brought. I thank you."
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