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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mutai",
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        "legal_name": "Japheth Kiplangat Mutai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Report. We are here because of the failures in several institutions that ought to be functioning well. The functions of KNH are very clear. The genesis of everything that triggered the events of what we are dealing with was an allegation of sexual assault at the maternity wing. The function of maternity wing is not one of the functions of the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). If indeed other hospitals had been functioning, those allegations would never have come to fore. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, it is amazing that this Report has only four paragraphs dedicated to the central player of what happened in the operational mishap; a nurse called Mary Wahome. The Report and Members can confirm, has four paragraphs only and yet, the evidence of Nurse Wahome is what could have told us what happened. If you look at the Report, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union Board (KMPDU) clearly stated that Nurse Wahome had no capacity to undertake what she was doing. She had recently had an accident, had other complications and ailments and was central to everything that happened. My question is: Why did the Committee deem it fit not to include what that lady would have said? The KMPDU said, if I may read in Page 183, is that the capability of Nurse Mary Wahome who worked in specific units of the hospital needs to be considered by the body that licenses and regulates her. The Nursing Council of Kenya testified that she had been unwell for several months after being involved in an accident and had not recovered fully. During the inquiry, she requested to be allowed to give her evidence while seated; stating that she was unable to stand for a long period of time. This is somebody who was left to attend to a patient, go to theatre and man the nurse work station. It is amazing. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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