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    "id": 847071,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marselino Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also rise to support this Motion that provides for specialised training and subsidised costs relating to fistula surgery. My colleagues who spoke before me had actually explained in detail what fistula is. Having known that it is a condition that affects women and girls due to unattended labour at birth, or as a result of, maybe, rape I think it is important that we support our women countrywide so that they can get subsidised medical care in all our health facilities. As a matter of fact and as many women undergo birth in our hospitals, they undergo a lot of labour and this fistula is also associated with women undergoing labour for long. Therefore, because of this suffering that our women go through, it is important that we try to put some measures in place of creating awareness through awareness programmes throughout the country so as to alleviate suffering of our women. Instead of subsidised medical care, it is better if full medical care is given to women and girls across the country, particularly those in the rural areas who succumb to this suffering compared to those who live in urban areas. Our women in this country really suffer a lot. It is for this reason that women in this country should be given an upper hand in this matter. The Government of Kenya has given women a special day that is called Mothers’ Day. I think it is good because we know women in this country succumb a lot to labour pains. Women are the ones who cook food; look for firewood and water in the rural areas. They are the ones who actually bear children. With this load on their back, it is important that we give our women some care, particularly in cases of fistula which is rare and many women are suffering in silence at home without actually exposing this problem even to health personnel. Hon. Janet has introduced this Motion asking for specialised training in our training institutions. It is very important that people who are pursuing courses like midwifery are given special training on how to handle women during child birth. With those few remarks, I stand to support this Motion."
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