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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "sector - coming to the forefront and leading those negotiations to find a solution. I do not think the doctors we have in Kenya are blatantly adamant. If they are given an offer in a respectable and dignified manner, I am sure they would be willing to go back to work as we find more and more of what they want and fulfil their demands. As it is now, people are dying. In fact, as I was coming here this morning, I was called by one of my constituents from Gachami area in Gichugu who told me that her daughter’s child died minutes after birth because there was nobody to attend to the child. The lady is so poor that she could not afford to pay Kshs8,000, so that the body could be released for burial. So, what happened is that the kid was released for burial and after the burial, the mother was taken back to the hospital so that she could be released for the second time after the bills are paid. It is high time we put Kenyans in a state whereby they live beyond or above human dignity. As it is now, Kenyans who go for medical care and attention are actually living below human dignity. That is because they are sick and they cannot afford the services they desire. I wish to conclude by saying that, at the moment, many counties have started to put up dispensaries. Three years down the line, they are not complete. So, what we have are just empty shells without medical facilities. I want to admit that in the absence of those clinics, the clinical officers in the rural areas are doing their work. I hereby support this Bill."
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