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    "id": 566320,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to begin by thanking the Member for Imenti North, Hon. Abdul Rahim Dawood for bringing this Motion. This is the kind of Motion that if implemented, can help change this country by moving us from where we are to the next phase in terms of healthcare. When we gained Independence, the country set out to eradicate poverty, ignorance and disease. Of course, poverty meant improving the economy and ignorance meant improving the education sector. On the part of disease, it meant that we come up with clear policies, structures and facilities to improve our health sector. It is true that 52 years after Independence, we are still grappling with the problem of health and that is why a Motion like this needs support from all of us. Kenya is a country which has major problems in terms of health. We have many disasters. There are countries with natural disasters but Kenya’s disasters are mostly man-made. I want to point out a few with regard to the dangers or injuries and causes of death that we experience all the time. The first one is crime. We have very high levels of crime in this country. If you are driving in the streets of this country, you can be shot because the level of crime is too high. In our homes, we can be attacked by thugs and robbed of our household goods and injured in the process. Also, our roads are dangerous. When the roads are in good condition, drivers drive fast, cause accidents and people get injured or die. The same happens when the roads are in bad condition. We have the problem of terrorists attacking us in our homes, places of worship, supermarkets and currently, in our institutions of learning. So, we are saying that Kenya is really a risky country to live in. So, we are required to come up with measures that can help mitigate the risks that we are facing as a country."
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