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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, first, I want to congratulate you and the Speaker for having been elected. I have to register my concerns here that we need to have a clear way of identifying and selecting Members to contribute to Motions and other debates. This is because some Members have been sitting here since morning, yet others come in, contribute and after five minutes they are out. This is totally unfair. On the Presidential Speech, sincerely speaking, we have to commend it. It was a very good Speech. It is very rich and touches on many development aspects especially those that touch on the common mwananchi . However, I would like to comment on the issue of health. While we appreciate that we need free health services especially for our mothers, health in Kenya is not a one-size-fits-all. The health care approach that you need to adopt in Turkana, the northern part of Kenya and the Island of Lamu cannot be the same as the one that you will adopt for Nairobi or Central Kenya. That has to be noted very clearly. For instance, as we talk about free maternity services for our mothers, there are instances where the facilities are totally not there or are 100 kilometres apart. In northern Kenya the number of deliveries made in hospital is very low. Ten out of 100 mothers deliver in hospitals. The approach should be different. We need to be looking at the cultural practices, their lifestyles and attitudes. In terms of education, the issue of laptops for children, I think that is not totally practical. It is a wild goose chase. It is not practicable in places where there are no schools or areas where there are no teachers. Could we talk of laptops in areas where children of different classes share classrooms? So, laptops are not a priority for us, especially we from the nomadic communities. We need education that will help address the lifestyle of the nomads and not an education similar to that one in Nairobi or other parts of Kenya. With regard to security, we all know that it is important."
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