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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity you have given me. I stand here to second this amendment. While seconding the amendment, I will be very brief and touch on two things. The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital is not a village hospital. It is not even a provincial hospital, but a national hospital that serves almost half of the population of Kenya. We have taken issues regarding this hospital very lightly. The Government has very little interest in this hospital. That is why it has left it the way it is; being run even by rats. The hospital was completely run down and the only creatures you would meet on the corridors were rats. That means that we have let down human beings. As I speak now, many people have died due to the carelessness of the Ministry and the Government. The Minister should establish how many people have died since the CEO, Prof. Mengich, left the hospital. There is no medicine neither is there water. The sanitation there has been run down and there is completely nothing. We support this Motion with amendment because of all those issues. The amendment intends to clean the place and give the Minister an opportunity to recruit new people knowing and bearing in mind the suffering of Kenyans. The people in Western Kenya have suffered a lot. We are also Kenyans and we need to be assisted. This issue now rests with the Minister and the two principals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we wait for the implementation of the new Constitution, let the Minister take charge now and ensure that the board, that is in place, will not be compromised by politics, clanism and tribalism. That hospital serves many people in western Kenya, Bungoma and even from Kisumu. People go to the referral hospital. However, how many people have died? Their souls and blood rests in the hands of the two principals because they have never acted and yet people have died. May God rest their souls in eternal peace! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me thank the Minister for appointing Dr. Kibosia in an acting capacity. I hope that he will be confirmed. Why do I say this? This man was in Nakuru Provincial General Hospital and brought it up to be the cleanest hospital in the Republic. He was then taken to the Kenyatta National Hospital, KMTC, and the Prisons. He also transformed all of them and they are the cleanest institutions in the Republic. He had not gone to cage prisoners but to care about their health. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I wind up, while supporting the amendment, let me thank God because we know that in future, there will be no Minister who will come in under political affiliations and Kenyans will be served properly. That is where the hope of Kenyans stands. Next time, we will have a Minister who is a professional medical person with no affiliations at all. We will have some direction instead of being controlled by political leadership. With those few remarks, I hope that this House will approve this amendment so that the problems at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital can end and that Kenyans will enjoy the medical services provided by that facility."
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