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    "content": "the women which suffer. There could be an emergency and they stop paying for their maternity and then they will start going to traditional birth attendants, and backstreet people to procure abortions. I beg to again table a book Failure to Deliver which will clearly state where this discourse has come from. When again we talk of the chapter on safe motherhood, it is every woman’s joy to carry that bundle of joy in their arms after giving birth. Any woman who goes away without having that baby is a very sad mother. I used to have a friend, whose father owned a hospital in Nairobi, and we would visit, stay and play, at times help work but at times I used to feel so sad when I thought of women having gone to give birth and their babies dying for one reason or the other. Then you have to pay the medical bill and you wonder what the problem was. At times they come when it is too late because they could not afford to seek medical care but they arrive when it is too late and they cannot be supported. To make sure that there is safe motherhood, the Bill ensures that there is quality maternal care which is offered by trained health care professionals. These are medical practioners, clinical officers, nurses and midwives. These are not quacks who are going to complicate the lives of Kenyans and particularly women. This will ensure that leaders are not blamed by their voters. As the Senate, we have passed several Motions that talk about health facilities. Before I talk about health facilities, let me talk about safe motherhood that goes alongside termination of pregnancy. As a country we are headed to the direction of prioritizing maternal healthcare. We have noticed that this is an area that we have to focus on. For this, I also thank the First Lady who has this passion and we urge everybody to join her so that we make Kenya a safe place to give birth. Once we ensure that there is safe motherhood, all shall be well. When we talk about this, we are talking about making sure that the required medical facilities are provided, devolved, affordable and in fact, subsidized. Within public hospitals they should be free."
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