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    "content": "through the numbers that they marshaled in the just concluded elections, they enabled me to be a Member of this House as a nominated Member. On the Motion before the House, health care is a very pertinent issue. I want to thank Dr. Kibunguchy for clarifying as a medical doctor, what indeed, “emergency” means. In this era and time, it is a shame and criminal for women to lose lives during child birth. It is actually criminal. It is happening day in, day out. Our President, in his inaugural speech, was so particular about the issue of health. However, it is not just enough to say that you are waiving maternity fees. Where I come from, for example, and I am sure it is the case in many pastoral areas, medical facilities are not there and where they are there, they are just but mere buildings with not even things as simple as gloves. So, when you take a pregnant woman there who is about to deliver, the nurse, given the medical condition and the rate of transmission of diseases during child birth, might just stare at that woman and wait for the Almighty God to do his work. She is not going to touch this woman without gloves. Therefore, as much as we want to have curative medical services in our health facilities, the health facilities must be fully equipped to handle emergencies such as childbirth. Hon. Speaker, Sir, as much as you talk of curative services, we need to talk about preventive measures. A healthy nation is a wealthy nation. About preventive services, we know that here in Kenya it is mandatory that new born babies are breastfed exclusively for the first six months. We are talking about giving our young ones laptops in Standard One. We want them to be sharp so that by the time they get to the age of being recruited by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), we will not have this hullabaloo of digital and analogue system failure. It is a shame that in this country mothers are forced to part with their young ones as early as the third month because they must get back to work. What happens is that we lose a lot of working hours because the children keep getting colds and flu every now and then. Mothers have to seek permission to take their young ones to hospital and it is all because the children do not have enough immunity which is as a result of poor breastfeeding. I beg to support this Motion."
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