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    "id": 384316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kanainza",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daisy Nyongesa Kanainza",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. First, as the Kakamega County Delegation, I would like to condole those people who were killed in Nangili. It is on this note that I would like to talk about and support the Motion before the House. These people could not get the necessary treatment to survive just because there was no hospital nearby like in Nangili Market. They were rushed to Kongoni Hospital, but unfortunately, they were not also attended to. They did not get the treatment that they required. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have seen teenage boys suffer when they go for circumcision in hospitals. In some circumstances, they are circumcised by watchmen. If not, they are dressed poorly by cashiers. This ends up being a big problem just because we do not have enough doctors or practioners in charge of that. There are also very many patients being handled by these people. Another issue which makes me support the fact that we need Level 5 hospitals in all counties is because in the area of eye treatment, people have to travel all the way to Uganda to access this treatment. Mothers have decided to go the local way because roads are too impassable to allow them get to hospitals. Secondly, it is very expensive to access medical care. Thirdly, they do not want to go to hospitals to lie on beds unattended. That is why we need these hospitals. Residents of Likuyani and Lugari constituencies are forced to go to the neighbouring counties like Kitale District Hospital which is in Trans Nzoia, Webuye District Hospital which is in Bungoma County and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Kakamega County has 12 constituencies. It is not everyone who can go to Kakamega for treatment. That is why I support that we have Level 5 and even Level 4 hospitals. I would like to inform the Jubilee Government that health is a basic requirement as stipulated in the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. 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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