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    "id": 379249,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 646,
        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "I have personal stories that I can tell that are not only personal but stories that I have evidenced as a politician and as a Kenyan. If only to bring to perspective what my thoughts are, I will cite two to three cases that I have experienced and doing so, acknowledge that this problem has not spared anybody. It has not spared the rich, the poor, the mighty, the renowned or anybody. We have several cases in this country. Most recently, we had the case of one prominent Kenyan, Commissioner Letangule, who lost his wife in very wanting circumstances, due to lack professionalism. He is a Kenyan who is serving in a prominent position; as he did in according Sen. Wetangula victory in Makueni recently. However, he also has to deal with being a father and mother, courtesy of the misdeeds of a few medical professionals. A few months ago, in my own county, I had to undergo an experience which I would not wish to repeat again. A young girl who was being treated after falling in a pit latrine had been detained in a hospital after her parents failed to pay her hospital bills for a whole two years. This girl was studying for her class eight examinations. She could not be released due to the bills she owed the hospital. I have been personally present and witnessed a case where a mother had to tend to her small children inside a hospital ward because she is detained in a ward, cannot go home because she cannot foot her bill. Recently, I buried a very prominent church leader who has served the whole of Kiambu County. The night that she died, she was very well. She had been driving together with her husband and they parted ways at a market place. She asked her husband to continue with their business and that she was going for a small feminine procedure. She drove herself to hospital. She parked the car and went in to see a doctor. When she was checked, she was still talking and at one point, she even called her husband. In the course of her examinations, she was given an injection which was as a result of a wrong The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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