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    "id": 141248,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to air my observations on this very important Motion. First, let me thank the Minister for ably presenting her Ministerial estimates. Before I proceed, I would like to thank the Minister for her personal intervention when our nation was faced with H1N1 flu virus threat. She personally addressed the nation on the issue. That really gave the Kenyan people some kind of hope in the fight against that threat. I would also recommend that the nation should be updated not only on that threat but also on other emerging diseases that are likely to affect our nation. I also wish to thank the Director of Medical Services because time and again he has come out to give the Kenyan people some satisfactory information on emerging problems. I also wish to reckon that on the issue of contaminated maize, the Minister also came out very clearly to supervise the entire operation making sure that the contaminated maize is removed from the country. Nevertheless, the ship exporting the maize to the nation of origin developed some mechanical problems at the Port of Mombasa. I would urge the Minister to take further steps and make sure that the ship is repaired quickly and the maize removed from our waters. I Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also note that the Ministry is seriously under-funded to the tune of Kshs22 billion. If this money was released by the Ministry, it would have gone a long way in discharging effective service to our people. I wish to note that in our country, we have seen some private hospitals being allowed to run and at times, they have become the centres of abortion in our nation. The Ministry should take a keener role as to what is happening in these private hospitals because we have lost innocent lives and the perpetrators or the people who have been involved in this vice should be arrested and prosecuted. If found guilty, they should be dealt with according to the law so that, that threat to our women is also done away with."
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