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    "id": 1558337,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "they also come and see the difference between Kiambu, Murang’a and the others. This was because some Kenyans have never gone past their homes and their home areas. They do not know the difference between Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga and Trans Nzoia counties. To him, we all look the same. He looks at me and sees Sen. (Dr.) Khlawale. There is need for cultural exchange, which is why it was terrible that Senate Mashinani, which was scheduled to happen in Busia last year, was cancelled. I think the Senator for Kiambu County would have benefited from that trip. I also watched with horror last night, the news on these reports of organ harvesting at a very hitherto credible medical facility in Eldoret. Many of us actually have even sought services there. Many of our parents, especially from Western Kenya, consider this facility a very credible one. In fact, when the late Lawrence Sifuna passed away, that was the facility that was taking care of him. We were in shock. It points to a greater problem in the country, not just the exploitation of young people, but Kenyans are so desperate now that they consider some of the parts of their bodies not useful. They are available for sale and so that they can feed only one organ; that is the stomach. It is a sad situation. In the newspapers in the morning, I read that there were top officials of the Ministry of Health that doctored the report on this organ harvesting and trafficking business to remove what they call “damning sections” of that report. I think those are the people the committee should go for. If we are unable to provide a good living for our people such that they can be exploited like this, we, at the very minimum, should be able to catch the people who are exploiting them when it happens in the circumstances that have happened with Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret. Madam Temporary Speaker, our committee should focus on those people. We want the original, unadulterated report, so that we know the culprits and we prescribe the best punishment for them. There should be arrests as the Senators who have spoken before me have said. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know what is happening to professionalism in this country. I think Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you must speak to this. Even those Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and Kenyan Medical Association (KMA) need now to enforce ethical behaviour within their own profession."
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