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    "id": 1193987,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1193987/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof). Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
    },
    "content": "When we lose grown-ups, the mourning is done by very many people. It, therefore, becomes lighter. The family would be there. However, when a mother loses a baby, she is alone, maybe with the husband and the other children. It is not something that attracts a crowd. Such mothers carry the burden for a very long time. That is why they easily slide into this post-partum depression. It is a very common thing but it is something that has been ignored for many years. That is why I appreciate Sen. Kibwana for coming up with this Motion. Sometimes nobody even notices that somebody is under depression until you realize that the person is not talking or communicating with anybody. The assumption is that she has gone home without a baby and should be okay. She cannot be okay. One cannot be okay after carrying a baby for nine months and then going home without one. This is an important Motion. I like the resolutions that the Senate will make out of this Motion. They have been nicely articulated that we must ensure that in every health facility, there will be a separate wing for mothers who have lost babies in order to recover. They need to come to terms with the fact that they have lost their babies. They cannot recover when they are sitting next to a mother who has a baby. No wonder sometimes we hear of babies getting lost in Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Some of them are stolen by mothers who have lost babies. Some go home and become mentally tortured because they still believe that their babies could be in Pumwani Maternity Hospital. If they can get someone to steal a baby for them, they go for it. Even a mother stealing a baby is not normal. It is not normal for a mother to feel like stealing somebody else’s baby. It is a mental issue because they are already suffering from depression. They sometimes go back to that same hospital and come out with a baby. They can pay anything to get a baby and it does not matter whose baby that is. This resolution that states that we must ensure we have separate places in our facilities at the counties is an important one. In any case, we have these wards. We must push our governors to give sufficient wards. It is very unhealthy for our nation that 60 years after independence our people are still sharing beds in our hospitals, dispensaries and health centres. As a nation, we cannot talk proudly of how developed we are when mothers are still sharing beds. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if a mother who has just delivered a baby shares a bed, it means that she cannot turn. It is a very painful situation. It is important for our governors to increase maternity facilities. I wish every health centre had a maternity wing considering there are people who have lost their babies whilst going to hospital. This is because the roads are not passable. Some deliver on the road. This is unhealthy for a nation that has been independent for the length that Kenya has been. As we look for separate wards to be allocated, it is also important for every health facility to have a maternity wing. When we talk about staffing, we know health is the most important devolved function oversighted by the Senate. It is time for the Senate to set standards in our health sector. We need to know what exactly is required for our people. You cannot have a location that has over 20,000 people and has a dispensary that has only one delivery bed"
}