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    "id": 22874,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kigen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 44,
        "legal_name": "Luka Kipkorir Kigen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for that short time that you have given me to say at least something. I want to start by supporting this Motion. This is a very important Motion that ought to have been given sufficient funds to ensure that it is able to fund medical services countrywide. I have in mind the many health facilities in the countryside that we have developed partly through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and some through the parent Ministry. Unless those facilities are staffed and given the other basic necessities, they may end up not being useful to our people. I want to suggest that the Ministry, at least, is given additional funding during the Supplementary Budget, so that it can provide ambulances. People get sick and mothers at the point of delivery need to be transported far away. Many of them have lost their lives because we are unable to take them to where the facilities are so that they can be assisted to deliver safely. This is one very important requirement that should be available in every district. It is important that the Ministry is given sufficient funding. There should be sufficient staff in the facilities that have been developed. The Minister should ensure that electricity is connected to every health facility that has been developed. We have developed health facilities out there and they have not been able to offer sufficient services. The other issue is that hospitals hold those who die there until payments are made. This is something that needs to be looked at. The Minister needs to look into this and find a way of ensuring that the dead are not held in hospitals for non-payment of hospital bills."
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