Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 759893,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759893/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 173,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Indeed, the challenge we have in our society is not because we, who were called to act, cannot actually act. It is because we know that we have a good idea and yet nobody takes it up. I am very fascinated by politics because politics is a question of having an idea and persuading the world through democratic means for the idea to carry the day. Indeed, the motivation that has made most of us to come to this august House is because we saw it in ourselves and fashioned ourselves as people who can go between intellectuals, the masses and institutions of Government. Therefore, we need to commit ourselves to ensure that whatever good ideas that we bring to the floor of the House actually see the light of day. It is both a question of tactic as well as of persuasion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when I look at this matter, it is very important that when we ensure that we have the NHIF card, it does not just benefit those who are going to be the end users. It should also enable us, for example, to do more research on the various types of impairments for PWDs. In this country, very little is known about autism spectrum disorder. Sen. (Dr.) Milgo did not know that I use sunscreen. She also said that people acquire albinism later in life. That is not albinism but a disease known as vitiligo. So, there is a law that is yet to be known because of the minority and taboo nature which perpetuates that discrimination and marginalisation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Jubilee Government because the only Senators who are here to support this Motion are from the Jubilee side of the political divide. That is a very clear indication because the only person who has spoken to this issue from the NASA is ODM’s Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. Other Senators walked away. They were here to discuss about wildlife and that means that they value wildlife more than PWDs. If they were to value PWDs, they would be here to robustly debate about this issue. They were here to debate about personal entitlements of their party leaders who have confessed that they may not go for elections. The most important thing is to ensure that we speak to the issues that affect the “Wanjiku” and women of this country. That cannot be embodied more clearly than the struggle, claims and needs of PWDs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you go to the hospital, sometimes you discover that you have an ailment that was not known heretofore. So, when you have the NHIF card, it gives you the impetus to approach a health facility for medication. When we have as many people, in this particular case PWDs accessing healthcare, we increase our chances to address and arrest such ailments that would go unnoticed. That of course will reduce the death rates in our country and increase the longevity which is a key indicator of the wellbeing of the nation. Therefore, NHIF also benefits the country in that manner in terms of research, data and improved healthcare for its people. Sometimes when you talk about marginalisation, you may not understand that it affects everybody. Personally I started using sunscreens much later in life. As the national coordinator of the Albinism Society of Kenya, every time I have to take care of people who want money to go and be treated for skin cancer. For a very long time, people used to think that persons with albinism die prematurely because of the skin cancer. That became a myth yet skin cancer can be arrested and treated and people could live the longest. This is a question of access to health services. Therefore it is important that we"
}