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    "id": 51590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/51590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I welcome this Motion with a sad heart because we truly fought for Independence--- When we are talking about Vision 2030, there are other things which we should have sorted out. Vision 2030 with all the super highways we are imagining in our minds has nothing to do with a body being detained in a mortuary by the same Government. For example, if it is Kenyatta National Hospital, it is the same Government. This is the case and yet, they know that people cannot afford to pay for the disposal of the body. This is a pathetic case. There are people who go to hospital and when they see, for example, their father ailing, they request the doctor to release the patient because they want to go and try traditional medicine. This is so because they want to cut down on the cost of transporting the body in case he dies at the hospital. You can imagine how much it costs to transport a body from Mombasa to Western Province. It is terrible. I welcome the Motion, but we must develop the country to a level where Kenyans will afford to lead a decent life. A decent life has to do with one being able to meet basic things; like you have food on the table, educate your children and access health facilities when you are sick. A decent life has nothing to do with the super highways we see in California and Malaysia. Kenya can afford that. Could this House for once, start thinking about taking Kenya along the course of creating policies which will make ordinary Kenyans live the lives that God meant them to live?"
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