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    "id": 1563719,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1563719/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment on the statements. I will begin with the statement by Sen. Hamida. Monday was the World Midwives’ Day and yesterday was the World Mental Health Day for Mothers. I would like to commend her for raising these issues over and over again. Mental health for mothers who have delivered is a crucial issue because most of the mothers include adolescent mothers who are vulnerable, and do not have resources to seek help on mental health on their own. I would like to request that the resolutions made in this House should not be taken as empty talk. It is something that we receive comments and petitions on from those who are affected. We have seen it when we go to the field and would like the Government to take this issue seriously, especially now that the Social Health Authority (SHA) formulation is in infancy and is coming up when we must provide the care for these mothers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to make comments on the Statement by Sen. Omtatah. I come from the sugar belt. In my opinion, the small-scale farmer in western Kenya, that is, Nyanza, the western part of Rift Valley and western Kenya, are tired of the ping-pong around the laws and the policies relating to sugarcane milling and farming. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the small-scale farmers would be listening to me. I wish for the day when we can elect a day when we will burn all the sugarcane, burn it to the ground, so that we can get back to the drawing board to discuss how the sugar industry in Kenya can be structured in a manner that is going to be useful to the farmers. The manner in which it is currently structured is destructive, and not useful to small-scale farmers. I support the Statement by Governor Prof. Anyang’-Nyong'o, that, we need to go back to the drawing board to ensure that we are able to follow the correct procedures to ensure that the most vulnerable, especially the small-scale farmer, is catered for when we are designing these programmes, including the poisoning that is happening by the sugar-- -"
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