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    "id": 566469,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have brought this Motion in honour of the girls of Standard Seven and Eight of Loreto Convent, who had an accident in my neighbouring constituency and some girls lost their limps and three of them lost lives. When we went to collect the body of one of the girls, who was a Muslim from the mortuary, the mother had to choose a limp of her daughter from the six or eight hands that were there. We had to see which one would match the girl. If we had an ICU or a blood transfusion centre in the area, we would have saved some of the girls. I was there the whole night and I had to order for blood from Nyeri and Embu. The situation is so pathetic that you cannot save a loved one in time of need. This is very necessary. I know this is a county function, but why can the national Government not turn hospitals into referral hospitals and then we take care of them? The cost of establishing an ICU centre is about Ksh25 million and Kshs30 million for a blood transfusion unit. That includes laboratories and other facilities which come with it. Some of us do not believe in blood transfusion like the followers of the Jehovah Witnesses. The Holy book of Acts 15:28-29 states that we should abstain from blood, but there are substitutes which are being developed, for instance, in South Africa. We hope that in future, we will get them. The future is very far. I thank all the Members who have supported this Motion. Dr. Pukose tried to amend the Motion. I appreciate what he said, but this country needs ICUs and blood transfusion centres in every constituency. Some constituencies are even bigger than counties in this country. It is a basic constitutional right for the people to be served. We need to take care of our people, so that we can have a healthy nation. Our people should be served well and properly. With those few remarks, I move. Can I donate one minute to Hon. Tongi?"
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