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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Allowing the national Government to play a minimal role in terms of policy, but implementation money should go to the ground. Otherwise, we labour in vain as we pass this Bill. However, this should not be a labour in vain. This should be labour for purposes of securing the future of this country. I urge the national Government to look itself in the face and realise that the health function is with the county governments and money should be released to the county governments where it is required to provide health services, including maternal health. We talk of the health of a child. The health of a child is critical because we are talking of maternal, newborn, and child health. It is extremely critical that children are nurtured with enough food and resources, so that their brains can develop. Since a child covers even a person who is in primary school, this would also require that we ensure that children are well fed at least during their primary school phase. There should be at least one meal during school time to ensure that the children have proper health because the basic ingredient of good health is good food. We realise that in many cases, many communities and many households have a challenge providing adequate food to their children and so children get malnourished. When children are malnourished, then their health is not something to talk about. Therefore, on child health, I ask the Mover to consider the nutritional side quite a bit, so that nutrition becomes a foundational ingredient of this Bill. This refers to nutrition of newborns, children and pregnant mothers. If the mother does not have proper nutrition, then that pregnancy cannot result in a bouncing baby. The baby will be stressed from the beginning due to the denial of the necessary nutrients. With those few remarks, I thank the Mover of the Bill. On top of that, I also thank in very colourful words, Sen. Boni Khalwale, for the very informed contribution he has made to this Bill, except for his failure to distinguish between an abortion and a miscarriage. I hope you will understand that a miscarriage is not an abortion, and an abortion is not a miscarriage, because one is intentional, and the other one is an act of God. With those few remarks, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Bill."
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