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    "id": 364784,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makenga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1650,
        "legal_name": "Richard Makenga Katemi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, hon. Ochieng. It has come at the right time. In my constituency, the situation is pathetic. We have a sub-district hospital, namely Kilungu Sub-district Hospital, which is in a pathetic situation. Kilungu Sub-district Hospital serves the people of Kaiti and Kilome constituencies, which have a population of about--- Kaiti has 120,000 people and Kilome has 87,000 people. It is manned by two doctors and four nurses. Two doctors manning such a facility is a big joke because the inflow of patients per day ranges between about 100 and 120 people in a day. The doctors are overwhelmed. The nurses are so few that they cannot handle such a large number of patients. The most pathetic part is that the pediatrician serves about 60 children in a day. I visited the hospital last Monday, and saw that the situation there is very pathetic. So, I support this Motion and agree with my friend that the Government should recruit more clinical officers and nurses, so that this situation can be brought to a manageable level. We have other facilities in my constituency which are grossly under equipped. Sometimes the doctors in the sub-district hospital threaten to move to other hospitals because of lack of equipment. We do not have a theatre, a well equipped laboratory and other important facilities. Sometimes the doctors say that they do not know what to do because there are no facilities. I urge the Government to deploy more nurses to Kilungu Sub-district Hospital, which also serves the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, which passes through the two constituencies. I beg to support the Motion."
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