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    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I also want to add my voice to what has been said. I thank the Member for coming up with this noble idea. As somebody said, a healthy nation is a working nation. I also want to declare to this House that I am fool because every year I donate blood except for the last three years because I have been very busy. I have been donating blood to this nation. When I was in primary school, on International Labour Day, which is celebrated on 1st of May, there used to be a campaign going round schools for pupils to donate blood. I do not know whether any of the Members can remember this. Some of us remember that on the International Labour Day, we used to donate blood to the Blood Transfusion Unit. We have a problem in the countryside in terms of critical illnesses and accidents. We are a working nation and our people are busy moving from one place to the other and many accidents occur. When you rush patients to the nearest health centre, you are disappointed. Patients cannot undergo blood transfusion. With the passage of this Motion, I believe the Committee on Implementation will fast-track these provisions to make sure that every health centre has a blood transfusion centre. I am not a medical person, but I know that we need a blood bank other than the transfusion units. That can be done, but the facilities are very expensive. So, every health centre should, at least, have a blood bank, so that they can save the lives of our citizens. Recently, the governors hired very expensive equipment. I am alive to the fact that most of these equipment are on lease. The biggest problem in this country is that we get equipment which we cannot maintain. You find that very expensive equipment is not maintained. Recently, I had a case at the Bungoma District Hospital where a machine has been lying idle because a small part is broken down. With the hiring and leasing of these machines, the Ministry of Health should quickly train technicians to maintain the equipment, so that when we have accidents, equipment in a district hospital or a dispensary are well maintained. 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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