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    "id": 558510,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "the House, I felt that they would require a little bit more information. When a Member brings a Motion, he or she has thought through it. I want to give an example of the Resolution to establish girls’ boarding schools in ASAL areas. The Mover only mentioned about three boarding schools. Even if it is by way of annexes, we would need the Committee to indicate for us where the ASALs are and what response has been done. Even if you tell us three girls’ boarding schools have been initiated, how can we know and in relation to what? I would like to know, for instance, whether Mbita is clarified as an ASAL area, which I believe it is, and whether the Committee has made provisions for Mbita, which they did not. The other one is on the establishment of a data bank on bright and needy students. Also, that was an excuse where the Ministry is saying that they only have the results of the students and they do not have a criteria for determining poor students. What I would have wanted the Committee to indicate is that because they did not have that criteria at the policy level, they can establish those standards and that the Ministry has already began establishing those standards. We did not hear that. Again, one of the areas of concern to me is the health sector. Many Members have raised issues of concern in the health sector in terms of the emergency care to victims of accidents and issues of upgrading the hospitals. Unless we deal with this issue of devolution of the health sector properly, many of our people will continue suffering. Just the other day, there was a report that eight children had died in a hospital in Western Kenya. That is totally inexcusable. I want to ask the Committee that part of the recommendations that they should be giving to this House is that some of those officers should be held liable. I can see that we do not have much time, but even on the one on fishermen, the Committee has mentioned the Fisheries Bill. I have been looking at the Fisheries Bill and I have not seen any such thing. So, there is also an element of misleading that the Ministry is doing. So, I note and wish the Committee would improve in future and recommend serious punitive actions to be taken against those who do not give us proper reports as a House. I beg to support and note."
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