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    "id": 48277,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I share the concern of the hon. Member. It is, indeed, a tragedy that the district hospital did not have blood at that point in time. Blood is very essential, especially at the district hospitals; the district hospital is a referral medical facility in the district. Let me inform hon. Members in general that the Ministry has been having very difficult time having enough blood in our medical facilities, because donation of blood has reduced over the years, especially with the onset of HIV/AIDS. Quite a number of people are reluctant to give blood. We rely mainly on schools to donate blood and usually, after a long period of holidays, most of our hospitals run short of blood, because schools that donate blood are on holiday and the blood stocks have been used without being replenished. We are trying our best to appeal, through public education, for volunteers to donate blood. Just about two weeks ago, I had a meeting in my Ministry to address this issue. Nonetheless, as the Member of Parliament for North Horr said, we should ensure that both Marsabit District Hospital and Isiolo District Hospital have blood reserve at any given time to deal with such cases. I take this opportunity to apologise to the hon. Member, and extend my compassion to the two families for what happened in Isiolo and Marsabit, which led to the loss of the two lives."
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