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    "id": 1193975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just like Sen. Onyonka, I have very good thoughts and words for Sen. Kibwana. I assume that this is her first Motion and I must say that she has chosen a good Motion. This is a practical issue. The level of poor mental health amongst pregnant mothers, mothers who are giving birth and those who have just given birth is devasting. They are many. Mental challenges arise because getting pregnant and being pregnant is very stressful and it is even more stressful when it is accompanied with abortion. The actual process of giving birth is equally stressful. The hospital bills also cause a lot of stress. Death of new born babies in hospitals also cause a lot of stress to these mothers. Lack of food in the maternity when delivering is very stressful. Do not get me wrong. We have mothers in hospitals today, in the drought-stricken areas, who have not eaten for the last five days yet they are in the hospital waiting to give birth. I would find cases where my nurses had to contribute money to buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of Fanta for a pregnant woman because she had nothing to eat. Naturally, such a woman is under a lot of stress and just about to dip into a mental illness. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lack of beds is a major issue in our hospitals. As Sen. Sifuna has stated, pregnant women are forced to share beds at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. The hospital admits about 150 women to share the 56 beds available. That is equal to an average of three pregnant women per bed. Sen. Sifuna fell short of giving you all the details because he does not know what is happening in the actual labour wards. If you go to that hospital, you may find that they have three delivery beds. If we have 150 women in labor, it means that at any one time, they have probably 15 or more women inside the actual labor ward competing for those beds."
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