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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. This was celebrated in Paris at the 24th FIGO World Congress held at the Paris Convention Centre in France. I bring this background because it is so crucial to us as a nation. Dr. Ann Beatrice Kihara is the first black president ever from Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Ann Kihara is a Kenyan, a mother, a specialist gynecologist, a senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi (UoN) and a fierce advocate of women’s health. What I bring to this outstanding day is the declaration that Dr. Ann Beatrice Kihara made when she was crowned the President of FIGO, and I quote:- “Universally the measures of a country’s state of health is predicated by its maternal mortality ratio.” Madam Temporary Speaker, that just builds to the fact that as a country, we must step up services that we give to pregnant mothers, newborn babies and children that I shall be spelling out here to be specific, children up to the age of 12. As a background, I also bring commentary from another gynecologist doctor, Dr. Nelly Bosire. She has a very outstanding commentary that she made about maternal health. I quote. “We cannot quite celebrate our great technological advances in healthcare when at such a basic level, mothers continue to die while trying to secure the continuity of our future generations.’’ Madam Temporary Speaker, how else would we get future generations in this country and the universe, if it is not at childbirth? It is also worth noting something else that happens every other day in our counties. In Homa Bay County, at the beginning of this year, we lost Mrs. Opiyo Milton who died at Ungako Dispensary in Ndhiwa Constituency. This is a young woman who walked majestically and having attended her clinic sessions, expected to walk out of the hospital with a young baby; a bundle of joy. However, in 30 minutes or so, this young woman who walked to Ungako health centre had passed on. On the same note, this year, we lost two students, Ms. Caroline Orowe and another young student from a remote village in my constituency known as Ligotho. This happened in Ndhiwa Hospital. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is reflective of what Dr. Nelly Bosire had indicated. We cannot celebrate the technologies, while each minute we are losing young women at childbirth. That it is a story that all of us would tell. We can count the number of young women that we lose during childbirth. In her commentary, Dr. Nelly Bosire continued to state: “Worse is that we cannot assure that every baby born stands a fighting chance celebrating their first month of life.’ That is so outstanding to all of us, as Kenyans. From a professional standpoint, a gynecologist obstetrician, states that it is worse and not every baby born stands a fighting chance of living beyond one month. Madam Temporary Speaker, what else do we need to do other than to strengthen services for pregnant mothers, newborn babies and children because they are the continuity of our future generation? Dr. Nelly Bosire ended by saying that we must be intentional about reducing preventable maternal deaths. As we celebrate, increase antenatal visits. When we look at The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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