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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank Hon. Dawood for such an extensive job he has done in enumerating this in this House. I want to go further and say that this is a very important Motion because we are talking about the economics of life. As we discuss ICUs and blood transfusion centres or blood banks, we are talking about the health of our nation. In this regard, the very unity of our country is built on its love. We might disagree at many levels but ultimately, there is nothing like the Kenyan spirit; one which is endearing and unrelenting. The face of people faced with the possibility of going to the ICU presents twofold challenges. One, is that the costs are prohibitive and they threaten the very fibre of a family unit. I have looked at very many cases of many friends when their loved ones enter a hospital. They never envision bills running into millions of shillings let alone even aspire to try and pull these resources together for their own betterment. When one of their loved ones enters into the ICU or HDU, it leads to complete devastation of the family. That is one, because of the loss of that life and two, that they carry a debt which they had not even planned for. That debt might take them a lifetime to settle or make them end up selling whatever resources that family had saved. This eventually affects the economic status of the affected families. If more ICU centres are set up, they will bring down the costs because the law of economics says that if you have plenty, there is competition and vibrancy because people spread The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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