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    "id": 384221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Senator for Migori for bringing this Motion. I thought that it is important, very early, to say a few things, so that as the Senators continue with debate, it will be good if we put it into perspective. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, this Motion about equalizing the country in terms of public health facilities is justified and is in the Constitution. So, it is not something that is being invented. It is the whole idea of making sure that the country is equal. From the side of the Jubilee Government, we believe that equalizing Kenya is a critical driver to a peaceful country. So, it is for that reason that part of the Jubilee Manifesto is addressing some of these things, although not in the specific aspects of this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, this Motion is actually related to the right to health in Article 43 of our Constitution. But before I talk about Article 43, because that for me will set the legal parameters which can help us in debating this Motion, I am glad that this Motion has been raised as a developmental issue and not a political issue. I thank the Mover for providing statistics because it is not fair to have a situation where in one county nearly 300 out of 1,000 children will die before their fifth birthday, while in another county that number is less than 50. It seems that there is something there that needs to be adjusted. So, the way the Motion has been cast, it not trying to lay blame on anybody. I thank also my friend, who is leaving the Chamber, the Leader of the Minority, because he has given the example of Baringo, and I like that example. We saw very appalling conditions of families in Baringo, despite the fact that for 24 years, the President of the country came from that county. So, this is not a political issue. It has nothing to do with who has been President or wherever. I thank those who have spoken for setting us on those trajectories, because then it helps us to soberly and dispassionately look at this issue, without political undertones. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third point that I want to make is with regard to---"
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