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    "content": "Address. I said I am a senior citizen and a mother. We have come a long way and we have seen many things in this country. We have seen very many good changes and listening to one hour of the President’s Speech, to me, I gathered that it was very well researched and very well articulated. It is a responsibility to this senior House to support the Presidential agenda and build Kenya to better prospects. If we do so all of us jointly, we can see a realistic and meaningful country. I am saying so because I think that the digital president we have and his deputy were well brought up by a woman of Kenya, a mother like Zipporah, and I am very proud to be associated with good upbringing. It is only good for us to support the work of a mother. I would like to particularly pick out in the speech, the free maternity support. If all mothers had those facilities, we would have many people surviving in this country but for us who survived, we thank God for that. I want to say that if this facility has to be meaningful then I would like to see proper mapping in our counties. If they have to get the free maternity services, I would like to propose that let them have free post and pre- natal support. Let them get those services within a reasonable radius. When I look at the country which I have served very diligently as a leader of Maendeleo ya Wanawake for 11 years, I think I know Kenya very well and there is no county I do not have knowledge of. The distances that mothers walk to a dispensary or to a maternity home are very long. Therefore, the support from this big House to the county governors will be important to map out quick implementation of this policy so that our mothers can benefit as soon as possible. Realizing that it is a rigorous exercise, I would, here and there propose that when we form the health committee, it should quickly look at countries like China - I have some knowledge about what they do to their expectant mothers. They have what we call mobile buses. These buses go to where the mothers are and the children are delivered in safety and they survive. For us to support the President’s idea, we need to involve the Governors. It is the responsibility of this august House to give advice and support the President and the Governors to implement the speech to the letter. It is unfortunate that some of you did not read it, and I do not want to criticize but it is only important to be positive in our thinking to make a better country for all to enjoy and live in because there is so much in this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another item I would like to turn to is the women and children’s fund. I hope that these funds will not be like what we have seen in the past because it never benefitted the women per se . I hope that the committees that will be formed will get down to business and appoint a think-tank to look at pros and cons of how these funds will be disbursed. When you look at the 100 days that we were promised, I think it means a lot. I said that the President is a well brought up child by a mother of Kenya, we are very proud to have such a digital president and he needs every support. Some of you have been in the Government for long and you know what this country needs. When I said that we have been around for a long time, indeed we have. Some of us who have been involved in women movement, we know that long ago a woman could not stand like I am doing now. I remember when I was a young social or community worker in the 1960s, I could not address a rally but right now things have changed. The country has changed and so we cannot just criticize. I would want to see my grandchildren being more digital than the president we have now so that this country can compete with other countries. Kenya is a part of the global village and therefore we cannot condemn good things that 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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