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    "content": "do not have a single registered nurse, they are managed by patient attendants. I know she will tell me this happens because she lacks the money. Therefore, I want to support her to get more money. As she looks for more money, let her make sure that we get some trained nurses in the greater Turkana region. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister needs to get out there. The Ministry is properly titled as Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. However, we have some places without sanitation. We have places where the Public Health Officers, who are under her Ministry, are not deployed in adequate numbers to sort out some of these issues. Health is a basic right to Kenyans. It is not a privilege that we can afford to ignore. It needs good health to be productive. In my constituency, malaria which is treatable causes about 42 per cent of all deaths. I am trying to support this Motion because I think the Minister needs more money and correctly so. However, I also think she is very discriminative in the use of resources. I am not just accusing her as a person; I am accusing her with all the mandarins in her Ministry who tend to look at this country in terms of who has a better political muscle. They think that some of us should be condemned to death. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if there is any contribution I want to make to this country, it is that, every Kenyan be entitled to certain basic services. Ministries should ensure that there is the basic infrastructure to ensure that these services are available. Members will recall that I have asked Questions in this House about an ambulance in Lodwar, lack of supplies to the district hospital and availability of medical services. The department that has tried is Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). I want to appreciate the work done by KEMSA. At least, drugs are going directly to heath facilities. That is good. However, as the Ministries release new ambulances, they have not found it fit to release one to Lodwar District Hospital. I asked a Question here and the Minister agreed that an ambulance will be sent there. However, once they go back to the headquarters, they decide to do their own things. I do not know whether this is because Turkana is not sufficiently qualified to be in Kenya. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we want to be taken seriously. When we bring issues to this House, we want Ministers to take us seriously and respond to them! Some areas are still suffering from cholera and measles outbreaks. Some of us are unfortunate because we are bearing the burden of the entire country by the fact that we have refugee camps in our places. When you look at the incidents of diseases in areas where we have refugee camps, they are greater than anywhere in the general population. This is a burden that communities in Dadaab and Kakuma are bearing on behalf of the entire Republic. Why can the Republic not respond to some of these concerns when they realize we are bearing the burden on behalf of the country? With those few remarks, I beg to support. I wish that both Ministers, especially my good friend the professor, will realize that this is one country."
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