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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation. Last Monday, she ordered that all health facilities should not detain mothers who have given birth for the inability to pay maternity fees as a result of poverty. She also ordered for their immediate release. While appreciating this announcement, especially recognition of the fact that 7,000 women lose their lives when giving life at birth. Maternal mortality is at 4,800 per 100,000 live births and infant mortality is at 79 per 1,000 live births. In places like Turkana, the statistics are worse with infant mortality at 150 per 1,000 live births. Could she state the exact measures she has taken to ensure that her directive is being followed and that she was not being popularist and acting in vain? Has she issued a circular to that effect and when? She should tell us when she issued the circular? Could she table the same circular in this House? Could she also give the list of the health facilities that were holding the mothers and their children? Could she tell us the number of mothers and children who were being held in those facilities before her directive? She should also give a list of the mothers and children who were released after her directive. What cost has been incurred by the relevant health facilities and how the Government proposes to compensate the cause of deliveries in future in these health facilities? Finally, what other measures has the Government taken towards the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) number four and five, which are the promotion of reducing child mortality and promotion of maternal health?"
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