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    "id": 561955,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "these costs over time. Because we have a Fund like the NHIF, we could look at this as a source of funding for these ICUs, HDUs and blood transfusion centres. When we have had terrorist attacks in the country such as the 1998 bombing, the Westgate attacks and the Garissa attacks, what always follows is an appeal for blood. It is sort of a knee jerk reaction. If we have blood banks spread all over this country, we will simply be saying the blood types and it will be brought. This is because it is stored in a national data centre which mobilises it. We are simply making it possible for the blood banks in this country to keep increasing the stock. This will be like a national grain reserve that we have for food because life is, indeed, precious. You cannot negate the fact that in Kenya, the dependency ratio is 1:8. We look after a population of not less than 100,000 people; that is, for every loss of one person in Kenya, you are looking at the devastation of eight individuals who are in the family and friends. If you lose a grandfather or a grandmother, you are looking into the eyes of a family unit that is saying bye- bye to their googoo or guuka who has been very dear to them. This is the case and yet that person will readily say: “It is not worth because I have already lived my life. I want you people to live.” So, you will get cases of euthanasia, which is mercy killing rising because the reality is that when they are lying there the bills are mounting by the day, for example, by Kshs100,000 or Kshs200,000 daily. This is, indeed, devastating. That googoo or guuka has many fire-place stories and heritage stories to tell us. Eventually we lose this because we lack this basic facility called “the ICU”. Since it is well entrenched within our Constitution, the provision of health services is, indeed, not a far-fetched thing to ask the Government and for our populace to put effort into providing these resources to establish these ICUs and blood bank centres. Finally, in seconding this Motion, I want to talk about the road network and the accidents that we have. Nobody wakes up in the morning and wishes to end up in hospital. We all wake up with aspirations of living to the dream of Kenya which is being the best that we can and uplifting our own livelihoods and nation as it were. Accidents are a reality of life. Anybody can get an accident. It is bad to imagine that if you are, for instance, on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway which traverses my constituency and God forbid you get an accident, you will ask what your evacuation time to Nairobi is to get healthcare. That is why establishing these facilities in every constituency in Kenya will ensure that wherever you are, as you are engaged in your social or economic endeavours, you need your aspirations be it visiting friends, you rest knowing that medical is an arms-length away from you and its quality will ensure that you live to serve this great nation. I second this Motion and urge this House to make a momentous turn for Kenya. I thank you and God bless Kenya."
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