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    "content": "There are also other Kenyans who have continued to do enormous work. I do not know whether it is a coincidence; they are all working towards issues of children. For example, our First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, who is the United Nations Person of the Year, is addressing issues of maternal health. We also have a lady from my county, Ms. Josephine Kulea, who is raising awareness on early marriages which is also an issue on children. It is a good thing, as a country, if we can invest and focus on the generations to come, to ensure that we have a healthy society, a society that gives children equal rights, both girls and boys. We should also ensure that we let Kenyans know that disability is not inability. I thank Kenyans for voting for this Constitution. For the first time, there is something we pride ourselves in. In the National Assembly and the Senate, we have people who sit in this House – something that has not happened before, specifically and targeted that we have persons living with disabilities who are also represented in this House. That is why even Mr. Harold Kipchumba was in this House. They have continued to show they are good debaters in what they discuss in this House through the Motions that they bring. Even across the world, it is something that Parliament and Kenya in general is celebrated. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issues that have been raised in this Motion are pertinent. First, it is important for us to thank those who saw the ability in Mr. Harold Kipchumba, the Ministry of Health for appointing him to be their goodwill ambassador. I am challenged since the Ministry of Health also made me the ambassador on trachoma; this is a wake-up call for me to do a little bit more because beyond the responsibilities that we have, there are other things that we can do for this country to make sure, just as somebody had asked; what is it that we do beyond the work that we are mandated to do? With the positions and the platforms that we have, how do we use them to create awareness? How do we use them to ensure that we leave a legacy in this world beyond the debates, Bills and everything else that we do? How do we directly impact on our communities to ensure that there are better lives for Kenyans and humanity in general? Secondly, I would like to raise an issue about the whole aspect of getting this information out to the public. For those of us who were brought up by informed parents, and this information was easily available and accessible to them, issues of immunization do not even look like an issue because it is something which we know it is a right and that at a certain age or stage, a child is supposed to be immunized. However, we also definitely know that this message has not reached every part of this country. There are many parents and children who are suffering in the remote areas of our country because we have not reached out to them. Just as we must take the gospel to the unreached, this is a gospel that we must continue to get out. We should get creative ways of getting it to the intended people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to commend those who run this campaign because achieving 93 per cent polio immunization just within a month is not an easy task, especially if we are considering it across the country. Every time you could hear them on radio stations; I am sure that they also used the local radio stations. We should continue spreading this message. It does not have to be just during a specific time; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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