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    "id": 49863,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. James Maina Kamau",
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        "legal_name": "James Maina Kamau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank hon. Mbau for giving me this chance because I have always wanted to contribute to this issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this country, as an hon. Member, the first thing you hear when you get to the constituency is about the people who are dead. Of course, we know that our people are quite poor and the economy has been doing badly. For example, in Central Province where for a long time, our constituents have depended on coffee, people have no money at all. So, there are fundraisings all the time. Of course, as a Member of Parliament, you are burdened everyday. If you go to an institution like Kenyatta National Hospital, you will find that they have stringent rules that a body cannot be released until you pay. At times I have been forced to go there personally to plead for my people. We even carry title deeds, but they are no longer accepted by this hospital. So, you have, first, to go through the process of speaking to the bosses but nothing happens. So, I would like to support this Motion because Kenyans are suffering. Of course, the rate of death is not like in the 1970s when it was low. The death rate these days is very high everywhere in the country. I do not know whether it is because of the population rise, but we have to face this problem head-on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is one problem that the Government should help our people. Even if there are charges to be put in the bills, let them be as minimal as possible. I remember two months ago, there was a family which had about two bodies lying at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The money that was required to be raised was about Kshs28,000 and this was a lot for that family. They agreed to do a fundraising which raised about Kshs9,000. So, as the Member of Parliament for that area, I was forced to go back to my pocket and raise that money for them. Of course, you understand that if you raise money for that family, you will not be able to do so for all the families because there are very many people in the constituency."
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