{"id":719957,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719957/?format=json","text_counter":261,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"As I conclude, because I know there are many Members who want to speak, I think as a country, we must have a serious and sober discussion on the ongoing doctors’ strike. We could be sitting here urging our people to go and register, which is a good thing, but an intended genocide could be happening in our country on account of the doctors’ strike. I think as leaders of this country, we cannot continue going about it as if it is business as usual when a majority of Kenyans suffer. You and I who are privileged can afford to walk into a private institution and get medical care. What about the majority of Kenyans, the 46 per cent or so who live below the poverty line? We must start having a candid discussion with our doctors so that this strike can be brought to an end."}