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    "id": 847046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/847046/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "Motion ought to have also included the need to have Level 5 hospitals in various counties staffed with doctors or obstetricians who have the capacity to handle issues related to fistula. Fistula denies women an opportunity to engage in economic activities, because the condition that they are in may not permit them to fully exploit their potential to create wealth. Hence the need for surgery to repair the physical damage of fistula and the devastating consequences that affects a woman’s quality of life, which may persist when she re-integrates back into her community. We have been told that they experience urinary incontinence and this creates a lot of discomfort to women. It also affects their relationships, because no man would have the confidence and the wherewithal to relate with a woman who is undergoing all those challenges. We know how they have to use pads, clothes and other materials to protect themselves from the stench and the wetness that they experience. So, this Motion is meant to repair and resolve many of the concerns that women have when they experience vesico-vaginal fistula. The repair will improve quality of life at individual level, including the feeling of freedom, confidence, personal growth and improved income-earning ability. This will create inter-personal growth, improved income ability, inter-personal quality of life and improved relationships with family and friends, hence reducing stigma and increasing participation within their communities. The victims desire more children, but the fear for recurrence is always a deterrent. Women should be well informed about vesico-vaginal fistula development because, in other communities, this is misinterpreted to mean witchcraft. Therefore, proper knowledge about fistula, its causes and the underlying factors would help eradicate those fears which have become quite rampant. Therefore, I rise to support this Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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