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    "id": 700424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to make my contribution on this particular Motion by Hon. Omar. I only wish that he does not leave this matter to rest in shelves of this House or the archives of Parliament. I really hope that he follows it up and brings an amendment to the Bill which concerns the P3 Form. We will have a law that will guide or force the concerned authorities to ensure that they deal with this matter comprehensively. I hope that at the time he brings it as a Bill, I will second it. The P3 Forms are required when one is attacked, involved in a fight, rape cases and accidents. These are very fundamental issues because when dealing with rape and defilement cases especially on minors, sometimes these young children are frustrated when they try to get this form, which they are supposed to use in court to file their cases. I think that there are some few things in this country which are very cheap, but the Government has not paid serious attention to them. I must applaud the Government for making maternity services free in most hospitals. The only problem is that sometimes there are no hospitals to go to. Even if some of these services are free, at times it is hard to access them. The Government must make medical care completely free. Although, we know there are some particular treatments which are very expensive, but they should be made free to a certain level. There are some treatments which do not cost much, but at times you find patients are unable to access medical care because of small charges. I wish the Government would make postmortems free because sometimes they are needed at a time when nobody is prepared and you need these particular documents. Not only postmortem documents should be made free, but also burial certificates and others. They should be made easier to access so that when people are aggrieved or want to access these documents they can do so without many problems. As much as the State has also tried to make filing of cases almost free, sometimes you find that filing some cases becomes a headache. We need to make this service accessible just like what the Constitution states that justice must be easier and accessible to everybody. Sometimes, payments make people not to access justice because there are some hurdles which people go through to get justice. There are also services which the State should make easier to access and free, for example, issuing of identification cards, registration of births and deaths, and certificates and passports especially for students. These are the services that the Government must ensure are rendered for free. Sometimes it becomes hectic for people who want to be issued with national identity cards yet the individuals are born in Kenya, with both parents being Kenyans. It becomes very difficult for one to acquire a registration certificate. It has become especially hard for wananchi to access registration services. Sometimes people have to travel for 10 to 20 kilometres to access the certificates. We must make it easier for people to get the P3 Form, especially in areas where people seek treatment. People should be able to have P3 Forms filled, when necessary. We should also devolve the distribution points of the P3 Form to the dispensary level so that we do not force people to travel distances of 10 kilometres to have such forms filled in. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of us come from counties where even accessing a dispensary is a problem. For example, in my constituency, the highest level of hospital is a health centre, and there is only one such facility in the entire constituency. I do not know if the county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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