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    "id": 1419137,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "I stand guided, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wanted to put clarity that indeed this Government was voted in by 50 plus one per cent of the Kenyan population on the basis that they were convinced they wanted a leader who recognises all people. Sen. Sifuna could be right that we do not understand what medical interns are because one thing is clear. This issue of trying to elevate one industry as you demote or denounce others is not how we are going to conclude on how to deal with the crisis that we have with our healthcare sector. First of all, that attitude we are expressing even in this ‘Upper’ House that some people are higher than others is the reason we have medical representatives walking out every other time. It is because of the attitude of not understanding that, first of all, you are not more special than the other. Our doctors are not in hospital. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, instead of various Senators telling us what we can do as a Senate to help in the negotiations and open that deadlock that we have, the very Senators said that our Cabinet Secretary should not have been put there because she is not a doctor. Today we had the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration. Is he a policeman or was he a member of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)? Is he a major general? The answer is no. We have to start understanding that that kind of minute thinking is the reason we are not solving the health crisis. We should focus our engagement on why there is no solution on the issue of interns. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finalise my---"
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