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    "id": 384246,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and state that the drafters of our Constitution did well by recognizing health as a basic human right. Indeed, good health is a human right and now that it has been recognized and enshrined in the Constitution, it is now a constitutional right to all Kenyans. Article 43 obligates the Government to provide this basic human right. The examples that have been put across by the Senate Majority Leader, I appreciate them but it is always good practice not to copy those who have failed. A country like South Africa saw it okay to deny one of their citizens a basic human right but it does not obligate us to copy them because they failed. In my opinion, it is not a good example. In business, we are always encouraged to copy the best practices. You copy only those who, in your opinion, have done well and excelled. Having said that, I think we would be in order to encourage ourselves that while we want to have this Motion passed, it is important to know that as we are currently, even if we build the 47 Level 5 hospitals, we would not have the human resource to support them. So, we should immediately put the right infrastructure in place in terms of constructing more housing facilities and also relooking critically at our education curriculum both in primary and secondary schools that support science subjects. This will enable us have many people enrolled in medical institutions who will then eventually graduate as doctors and nurses to sustain the physical infrastructure that we will have put in place. Apart from that, we should also find a way of remunerating our medical The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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