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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me begin from a point Hon. Ichung’wah mentioned when he was moving. I agree with him entirely. I think he said one is a candidate of condemnation to death if one has the misfortune of being committed to any institution in our country, be it the cells or prisons. I say this against the context of Article 43(2)(a) of the Constitution. It clearly states: “Every person is entitled to emergency healthcare and shall not be denied emergency assistance”. If you look at Articles 28 and 29 of the Constitution, they buttress this point by saying that: “Every person has an inherent dignity and the right to that dignity respected and protected”. Article 29 concludes by saying: “Every person has a right not to be treated to cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment”. Any person who is predisposed to certain conditions - high blood pressure, diabetes or asthma - is such a person who is predisposed to emergency care and must be treated as such. Even as we seek to pass this Bill, I would support very strongly if there are provisions that extend those emergency treatments and social insurance to persons who are in our prisons and cells. They are entitled to their rights, notwithstanding the limitations of their confinement. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I say this from experience. When I was recently arrested for reasons I will not say here… It was a public arrest and I was held incommunicado for 19 hours."
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