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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a saying that goes: “The only way for evil to triumph is when good men watch and do nothing.” I believe that, as Senators, this House has been given a very special mandate of oversight. I thank Sen. Faki for the Statement because that is exactly what he is doing. He is not letting something that is completely bewildering to all of us here go unanswered. I believe it is one thing for KPLC to cut power from a kiosk, cyber cafe, even from my own home if there are issues of payment, for example, but it is quite another to cut power from a hospital. A hospital is a place where people go to seek treatment every single day. It is where there are laboratories carrying out very important work and experiments in order to enrich the lives of our citizens. Hospitals take care of children and people who have lifelong conditions. There are people who need machines to breath. I join hands with every single Senator who has contributed to the Statement. It is abhorrent to hear that a hospital has gone without power for any period. In addition to what Sen. Mandago suggested; there should be a policy in place that gives hospitals and other essential institutions amnesty in this regard. It is shocking that we are even having this debate that there is a hospital in Mombasa or anywhere else in the country that has its electricity disconnected. Electricity gives life to the people who are seeking services in that essential institution. If it is not me, somebody else should heed my cry in this House to bring a policy of this sort. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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