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    "id": 297383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 32,
        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are many people who are today going without food in many districts including Turkana despite the oil that they have found. Many hospitals, dispensaries and health centres are going without drugs today, and these drugs cannot be bought unless there is money. Members of Parliament are disturbed by people calling because there are no drugs in hospitals. Patients are sufering in many places. I urge my colleagues not to see the Motion the way it is today, but to see the suffering of Kenyans in many places. They should address the plight of patients in hospitals. By doing so, these Members and Kenyans at large will benefit from this money that we are now passing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, elections require a lot of preparations. It is very risky to wait until the Government operations are set for elections and we deny them the money. I am urging my colleagues to see the passing of this Motion as positive. Just the other day when I was in my constituency, I received several phone calls about drugs. I do not know whether the problem is in the whole of Kenya but in my constituency drugs are not there. When I asked the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) he said there are no drugs even at Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), where we are supposed to get them, because there is no money. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am supporting this Motion because of the Kenyans who are suffering today. I want to ask my colleagues to see that Kenyans are actually suffering and not to think about themselves. I wish to support this Motion---"
}