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    "id": 1423550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, most people who bring many children into the world, are young women and therefore need that information. There is a new system of Community Health Practitioners (CHP). This law must feature them prominently. It should even go to their financing and their preparation to make sure that in every village there is a CHP and also a midwife, who is very experienced and has the basics and equipment to detect things such as blood pressure. Such a person can advise in case a woman goes into labor and that there are mechanisms to ensure the safe delivery. Also, when you move from the village, there is a component of other factors that children go with. This morning as I was coming to the Senate, I saw a child lying in the streets of Nairobi, very dirty and looking miserable yet this child should be in school. So, what are the counties doing to ensure that there are no street children and that there are better facilities? Even if they did not meet their mothers or they are in abusive or unsafe homes, then what do you do to make sure that particular child goes to school? Now that schools have been opened, why do we have children in the streets of Nairobi or the streets of any county capital in Kenya, any village or market? Children should either be in a children's home or a proper home or somewhere they can get their care at that very tender age. This person, who if left on the streets, will eventually need medical attention. They are likely to abuse drugs, sniff glue and not to have a chance in life. That is another component that should also come into play. There is no sufficient law to ensure that children of that nature are taken care of. What happens many times in case of emergency delivery and when their services are not available, is that many mothers lose their lives and the children are also likely to lose their lives. This is the most critical component that should be covered by the rights of health services and services for new pregnant women to make sure the antenatal and postnatal care is properly done. 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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