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    "id": 1419578,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Sen. Beatrice Ogola has brought the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Bill. I brought the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bill as well as the County Boundaries Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will realise that Bills sponsored by our female colleagues touch on core socio-economic issues in this Republic. That is why this House would be better off with more women and not necessarily more men. If you look at the Bills that I have highlighted - the ones I have sponsored - they are hardware or conflict kind of Bills. This Bill by Sen. Beatrice Ogola touches on core things that a nation should do. That is about the children, the women, and reproductive rights. When we think about maternal and child health, we must ask ourselves how Kenya performs against global standards. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have put a target that under five years child mortality should not exceed 21 children out of 1,000 live births. In 2022, Kenya doubled that number. We are doing badly because 41 children out of 1,000 births die under the age of five. The global average is 38. In as much as we have reported progress in certain parts of this Republic--- When Sen. Ali Roba was in Mandera, the interventions that he undertook using devolved funds improved child and maternal mortality, but it is still below the global standard and double the SDGs which we all aspire to achieve. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Article 43 of our Constitution, we have economic and social rights. Every person has a right to the highest attainable standards of health. Sen. Beatrice Ogola has put it in her Bill, that every person has a right to the highest attainable standard of maternal, newborn and child health services. This Bill gives effect to Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya. This is an extremely important initiative. I was looking at a report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). They are saying that preventable childhood deaths are unacceptable and I agree with them. Many of us as parents, whether it is direct or through proxy, as a guardian, uncle or auntie, know the pain of losing a child. We should not visit that upon our people. This is a country of inequality and inequity, where those who are better off always find themselves 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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