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    "id": 847025,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "women to hide. If they are married, their marriages break up because they can no longer stay with their husbands. Even for those who are treated, there is very little care in terms of what is done for them to get rehabilitated and get integrated back into the society. Once the corrective surgery is done, more is needed in terms of psychological counselling and providing support so that their confidence, as women, is developed. Then, they will go back to the society and start interacting with its members. I would like to agree with many of the speakers who have said that, in as much as we support the Motion we need to strengthen our preventive programmes. Actually, one of the major reasons we are having cases of fistula is because of lack of access to quality obstetric care by our women. There are many programmes like the one which the First Lady rolled out in the first term of His Excellency Hon. Uhuru. It continues up to now. It has gone a long way in improving maternal care. We need this to be strengthened. Again, one of the major things which needs to be done is to enhance awareness amongst women and girls on the fact that fistula is a condition which can be treated. Even for those who suffer the condition, many are not aware that it is treatable. For those who are aware, they do not know where to access those services. For those who know where to access them, unless it is supported or sponsored by Government or some other organisation, whether private or public, they cannot afford the cost of undergoing corrective surgery. As a country, we need to emphasise the fact that access to the highest attainable healthcare for women is a matter of human rights. Therefore, we must endeavour and encourage the State Department of Health, as well as the county governments, to make sure that all our women have access to the highest quality of maternal care attainable, given the resources at the disposal of the Government agencies. At the same time, we as leaders have a responsibility. We need to work with all the stakeholders to make sure issues like early or childhood marriages are eliminated in all its forms, once and for all. That is one of the major causes of fistula. With those remarks, I support."
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