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    "id": 1419535,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, protect me from the Senators of Nakuru and Nandi counties. I understand that maybe the Senator for Nakuru County is not interested in this maternal healthcare perhaps because she is not giving birth, but this is a very important Bill. So, please, protect me. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is time we have all hands on deck. Having removed the Linda Mama Programme, which acted as a sort of maternal healthcare insurance policy for women and bangled it up to a family policy, we lost something there. I do not know how we are going to retrieve it. I am privileged to have a medical cover here. The kind of policy that I have as a woman is not the same one that Sen. Cherarkey will have. I will be covered on issues to do with sexual reproductive health rights to an extent that I could have six or seven checkups. That is what Linda Mama was trying to provide, but from a public space. Even as we legislate on maternal healthcare, I can caucus with Sen. Ogola and other women legislators and see how we can convince and persuade our Cabinet Secretary for Health to perhaps table something in Cabinet, to ensure that women are taken care of in the manner in which we require, especially for those who want to get pregnant, those about to give birth and those that have given birth. I do not want to belabour the point on how as women we are special, but let me end by saying this. I believe that each and every single person in the House was brought into this earth by a woman. As we are deliberating on these issues, let it not be that they are only touching on women. These issues touch your families and they are actually the centre or continuity of humanity. We must discuss issues that seem to be irrelevant, such as the proposals of how it will look like on county level, the policies to be instituted and how the healthcare centres must have the minimum equipment due for childbirth and taking care of infants who might be born without good health. I urge the Senators that this is a matter that touches on each and every one of us. The importance of this Maternal Newborn and Child Health Bill should be stressed. I 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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