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    "id": 1233827,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support this Motion and thank Hon. Tindi Mwale for bringing it up. As a public health specialist and a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health, I am really saddened by what is going on. From Independence, we had three things which we were to relieve our citizens of: Disease, illiteracy and poverty. Unfortunately, we have added two more, which are: Corruption and tribalism. So, they are now five of them. I want to castigate the Department of Public Health. A Member said here that we have too many policies and regulations, but nobody is implementing them to the letter so that we can save our children. To bring a child up to that level and lose him or her is tragic. The underlying factors are public health issues like provision of basic needs like water, shelter, sanitation and other things that have been mentioned here. Over-crowding in our schools is a public health offence. You only need to read Cap 242 of the Laws of Kenya which addresses that matter. Health officers and technicians should have taken action by closing down schools which are over-crowded. Saying that the 100 per cent transition to secondary school is the cause of disease outbreak does not arise. We have laws and policies to wake up the Government which is sleeping. Food preparation and food handlers’ routine checks are a must because that is where all the diseases like cholera, typhoid, E. coli and Salmonella Typhi come from. If schools are checked routinely and certificates issued, then we can surely prevent occurence of infections. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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