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    "id": 698735,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that some registration of deaths and births might not be done properly at the local levels and Bungoma County may not be exclusive. It is a fact that we are seeing in this country. However, that is not under the jurisdiction of the Health Department and the relevant department should address that. It is a matter of concern because I only use data that is available and it can only be available through proper registration. It is unfortunate that I only relied on the data I have been provided in the Statement I have just answered, but his concern is noted. It is also true that a combination of many factors may lead to poor medical services. As he noted very well, they include poor policy, poor drug supplies and corruption. As you know, there is a lot of hullaballoo right now going on in the county governments concerning poor staff remuneration and so on. These are factors that we must look at as a country. The Committee is also concerned about this situation. On the issue of mobile clinics as raised by Sen. Muthama, every hospital from level 2 – these are health centres – is supposed to have a mobile clinic service. We appreciate some philanthropic fellows and good citizens, including the First Lady of this country for giving us that service as an enhancement or additional facility. It is not that it is a right that she must supply them to every facility but we are happy that she is supplying one mobile clinic per county. Very soon she will have supplied to all the counties in this country. I may not comment on the issues of increased deaths in counties because statistics show otherwise. The statistics that I have do not show any increase in the rates of deaths over this period. Regarding Sen. Obure’s concern of 7,000 deaths in a county, that is a colossal number of people. It is true that nobody would really be happy to see that number of deaths, especially deaths that are attributed to preventable causes. As a country, we should endeavour to reduce the same. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you."
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