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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Congratulations for being elected to that position. I am very confident that you are going to serve Kenyans and this House in particular, to the best of your ability. I stand to contribute to the debate on the adoption of the Sessional Paper, as moved this morning. The heath sector is important in this country. All of us rely on it to grow as a nation and to even contribute effectively to national development. The Sessional Paper itself is concerned with improvement of the overall status in this country. That is basically what we need. I am sure all of us made some promises during the campaign period on how much we shall be particularly supporting the health sector to grow. We know the state of our health in this country. We have facilities out there, which are not doing very well. There is also demand for personnel. I believe this Sessional Paper touches on some of those fundamental issues. It is clearly in tandem with Vision 2030, which is our development blueprint since it covers the period up to year 2030. The Constitution provides for good health as a right. Therefore, it comes in to define the specifics in delivering this particular right. The Sessional Paper is a commitment of the health sector to attainment of higher standards of health. In comparison with the countries that are developing at the rate we are, and at the stage in time, the Paper focuses on two fundamentals, which I wish to highlight this morning in this House. One of them is the right to health as a fundamental right and also contribution to economic development of our healthy nation. I support this Sessional Paper because it focuses on 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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