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    "id": 613201,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, I thank Sen. Mugo and the Committee. I pray to God that Ms Jacinta Wanjiku will move on from this tragedy. This is not the first time we are losing children. We need to pray to God that after serving Kenyans for many years, we will hand over to a generation that will change this country. It is unfortunate that leaders who have been in institutions of power are the same ones who are lamenting. What will happen to the young ones who have come in and need encouragement to move this country forward? It is important for the institution of the Senate to understand that we want to see a new breath and that is why we have a new dispensation of the Constitution. From the Report, there is a family that is crying somewhere. Likewise, a few days ago a patient was killed at the Kenya National Hospital (KNH). There are many questions that arise. It was a general ward and he was not the only patient. This is the same as when Ms Jacinta woke up and was told that she had a stillbirth, and that the babies were dead. She was taken through a painful process as a mother, of doing a DNA test and later being told that the babies are not hers. What is happening? What are the challenges? What do we feel as human beings when we do some of these things? Pumwani Maternity Hospital was one of the best hospitals in Kenya. Many people in this country were born in this hospital. It was among the best in East Africa in terms of midwifery. When you look at recommendations of the Committee, you wonder what is happening with our doctors. Doctors have left everything to be done by students. Corruption in this country has many faces. Doctors in many of our health facilities are taking advantage of students. They report in the morning and go to their private clinics. We have seen this happening in all our hospitals. The doctors will just walk around and sign everything that has been done by those young students. At the end of the day, the student will be blamed because he or she has no choice. However, we should not be blaming students, but the doctors. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to monitor our institutions. It is a pity that when these issues are raised by the media, we start the blame game. We need to monitor and see to it that our institutions are working in order to deliver services to our people. Once something has been messed up, no amount of investigation will remedy the situation. It is no wonder that doctors and nurses who were involved in the disappearance of these twins are still on duty. 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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