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    "id": 847051,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathioya, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kimari Kihara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also support this important Motion by Hon. Janet. I do not want to belabour the issues that have already been mentioned by those who have talked before me. However, it is clear that the numbers are extremely worrying. Hon. Janet talks of an upward of over 2 million women having this condition. Hon. Sofia has said the numbers could be much higher. If you look at the numbers that are also getting affected by fistula annually it is close to 100,000 women. This, to me, is a national disaster that ought to be addressed. The numbers are alarming. We are saying upwards of 10 per cent of our women are silently suffering from this condition. It is important that, as a country, we ensure we have enough doctors who are properly trained to treat fistula patients. Universal healthcare being one of the key pillars of the current Government, this is something we cannot take for granted. We need to ensure that this issue is properly addressed. The psychological effect on women with this condition cannot be overemphasised. As I support this Motion, I pray that fistula treatment will be substantially subsidised or made free. More importantly, we need to talk about this condition during public meetings so that women can appreciate that this is just a condition that can be treated – that it is something which should be followed through so that women can stop suffering in silence."
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