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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Karani",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Wachira Karani",
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    "content": "proceed to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi. This is a sick person waking up at around 3 a.m. and arrives at KNH exhausted. Sometimes he or she is told the machines are not working. So, this is a very noble idea and I support it wholly. Last year, I had a case. My sister was suffering from cancer. As a family we joined hands and sent her to India for treatment. We had to part with close to Kshs7.2 million. The Jubilee Government under His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is solving this problem for those who are suffering. I support it wholly. This morning I was seated here and I wanted to contribute. One of the hon. Members said that the Ministry of Health erred in asking for the equipment before they trained personnel. I also happen to be a Member of the Departmental Committee on Health. We have posed this question to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and he has assured us that as we are talking personnel are being trained to handle the equipment. So, that is not a problem at all. The other thing I want to thank the Government for is on the education sector. In my constituency, the level of education is very low. When the Jubilee Government said it will be paying the exam fees for all the candidates in Class Eight and Form Four, we really applauded it. It will really help many candidates getting to those levels of education. In fact, it will be a big score. The Address by the President says that in five years‟ time this Government wants to see education in secondary school free like it is in primary schools. We applaud it so much. We applaud the bit on cash transfers as well. Our senior citizens have been suffering. We know those who are aged above 65 years are people who have already retired. Most of them have so many diseases. Therefore, getting cash of Kshs2,000, though little, at least boosts them and we applaud the initiative. Finally, on this issue of corruption, we want to support President Uhuru. In the list which we have got from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), more than 60 Members of this Parliament are included. Therefore, for these Members who are included, we cannot hide behind the fact that we are elected Members and there is no legal framework for us to step aside. I want to thank the Senator for Nairobi. This morning he bit the bullet and stepped aside. We want the other Members of Parliament and Governors to step aside. Indeed, we will not have any vacuum because, like for the Governors, we have Deputy Governors who will deputise on their behalf. If we slay this dragon of corruption--- I pity football lovers in this country. You listen to football lovers and you hear them saying: “My team is Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea.” If we finish up with this corruption issue, this country will stabilise. In another eight years, by the time His Excellency finishes his second term, in fact I will be---"
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