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    "id": 719173,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As a Kenyan and also as a woman, I am very concerned about this matter. As you direct this matter to be handled by the Departmental Committee on Health, I am left a confused Kenyan. This is because matters of health are devolved. I am yet to hear the voice of the governors in this nation talking about this issue. Apart from Kenyatta National Hospital and a few other referral hospitals, I know this health function was devolved. I am lost and I am calling upon the governors of this nation to take action as our Committee sits to debate on this crucial and very important matter. It is very sad that doctors have been on strike for the last 60 days. Our people are dying in hospitals and doctors are on the streets. They even came to visit Parliament today. As patriotic Kenyans, we need to know what to consider, is it money or lives? I want to call upon the governors of this nation to wake up from slumber - because they are all sleeping - and address this matter. As we leave this matter to the national Government, I am concerned because it only manages very few hospitals. The matter of health should be handled by the county governments and I am yet to hear any governor addressing this issue. I want to ask for sobriety as we are losing lives every day. We have pregnant women who cannot access health care and yet, maternity services are free. As we go to ask people to register as voters, we have high voter apathy because they feel that they have been left out by the legislatures, Members of Parliament and mainly the county governments. What will the Departmental Committee on Health tackle? Is it the issue of Kenyatta National Hospital or the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) now that health has been devolved?"
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