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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to congratulate my senior colleague in the medical profession, Dr. Machage for this visionary Motion. In supporting this Motion, I want to start by bringing to the attention of my colleague Senators and the rest of the country that what Sen. (Dr.) Machage is attempting to achieve and what we seem to be all united behind, is actually an admission that the Government of Kenyatta, the Government of Moi and the Government of Kibaki failed us. We can have all the 47 Level 5 hospitals, but it would not change the status of health in the country. The real answer lies in the provision of primary health care to all Kenyans. If you go to all these hospitals, including Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), all the in- patients are there for the wrong reasons. They are there because somebody failed to prevent the illness. Most of the beds are occupied by patients who have preventable illnesses that could be taken care of by proper investment in preventive health services. Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, one must thank God for giving us a land of plenty. At the same time, I pray and beg the same God to save us from leadership that has no vision whatsoever. It is a pity that 50 years after Independence, mothers across the whole country die while giving birth. Our little beautiful boys and girls of school going age can die because of simple disease like Malaria. Sometimes, a prescription is given to a parent to go and buy a drip for admission of quinine into the system of the child. Since the mother cannot afford it, the child dies. She carries the child back home. We want to beg God to visit it on President Uhuru that he remains visionary. He must get the 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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